Bell
Bronze
銅鐘
韓國
現存於日本最古老的韓國朝鮮鐘。據銘文「太和七年（833）三月日菁州蓮持寺……」得知此鐘造於唐太和七年，即統一新羅興德王八年。日本桃山慶長二年（1597）依豐臣秀吉武將之命奉納於福井縣敦賀市常宮神社。
鐘頂設雙龍鈕。鐘身稍長，上下環帶飾寬廣的花草紋。上環帶下方鑄有銘文及乳釘廓，廓內為三段三列凸出的乳釘紋。
鐘身下部設蓮花形撞座。撞座間飾飛天，跪坐於雲端上，繫一腰鼓，衣帶飄然，雙手張開作擊鼓勢。此飛天樣式是新羅時期（57 BCE～935）鐘獨有的裝飾，同時對日本平安時代（794～1185）的銅鐘形式產生了深遠影響。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 10.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Bell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 10.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Bell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:10.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Bell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 10).
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