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Byodoin Temple: Bell

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銅鐘

日本

日本十一至十二世紀銅鑄鐘。通高199公分,口徑123公分。現安置於京都宇治市平等院鳳翔館。製作年代不詳,有奈良時代(710~794),或平安時代(794~1185)後期等諸說。鐘形典雅,與銘文著稱的京都神護寺梵鐘、音聲優美享譽的滋賀園城寺鐘,並稱為天下三名鐘。一九五二年指定為日本國寶。
 鐘頂設雙龍鈕,龍首鬃毛高聳,承托火焰紋寶珠。肩部至口沿向下逐漸加寬,口徑寬闊。鐘身全面以淺浮雕鑄出龍、鳳凰、飛天、獅子、卷草紋等圖案,具有朝鮮鐘的特色,紋樣濃密,甚為少見,被評為裝飾紋樣最華麗的梵鐘之一。中部四區各有一飛天於雲中飛舞。下部方框內祥雲中各有一獅。方框外均飾瑞鳥或卷草紋。
 圓形撞座位於龍首的長軸線上,邊緣飾八片蓮瓣紋,位置稍高,乃平安時代前期之特徵。乳釘呈蕈狀,則為平安時代後期常見的樣式。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 27.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Byodoin Temple: Bell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 27.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Byodoin Temple: Bell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:27.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Byodoin Temple: Bell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 27).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youji and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Fan, Wen,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 27,
title = {{Byodoin Temple: Bell}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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