Ryokoin Temple: Vajra Bell
Bronze
銅金剛鈴
中國
密教法器之一。製於十六至十七世紀。銅鑄，握柄與鈴身分鑄組合而成，高19.3公分。柄端作七股金剛杵形，杵頂飾寶珠。握柄上部鑄刻佛首，五官清晰可辨。
鈴身呈鐘形，口徑5.9公分，肩部飾蓮瓣紋，圓平底。鈴身外壁由上而下橫向環飾橫置三股杵紋、聯珠紋、瓔珞紋及直豎三股杵紋等。
此金剛鈴之造型常見於西藏佛教，後傳入日本和歌山高野山真言宗寺院。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 292.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Ryokoin Temple: Vajra Bell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 292.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Ryokoin Temple: Vajra Bell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:292.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Ryokoin Temple: Vajra Bell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 292).
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