Java: Vajra Bell
Bronze
銅金剛鈴
印尼中爪哇省出土
印尼中爪哇省（Central Java）出土。中爪哇時期（約7～13世紀）佛教法器。鈴頂端作五股金剛杵，其中四股飾植物紋樣，背面有凸起的雲形裝飾。握柄中央四面飾佛首，佛戴華麗寶冠，五官刻劃精細，神情肅穆，推測應為大日如來，或四波羅蜜菩薩；上下各有一仰覆蓮花座。
鈴身呈覆鉢形，中間以三股杵和聯珠紋環繞，間飾花朵紋，圓弧形內可見日、月。下方環飾相連的三股杵，其下設仰覆蓮花座。在印尼諸遺品中，股上多作尊像、神獸、輪寶或利器等造型，非常精緻。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 143.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Java: Vajra Bell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 143.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Java: Vajra Bell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:143.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Java: Vajra Bell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 143).
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