Vajra and Bell
Copper alloy
銅金剛鈴及金剛杵
中國
明永樂年間（1403～1424）宮廷製造，為皇帝賜予朝貢的西藏高僧之物。鈴、杵盛裝於一紅色套匣內，造型纖秀精緻，紋飾華美富麗，工藝精湛。
金剛杵作五股形，鉤端塑摩竭魚紋飾，柄以蓮瓣及聯珠紋形成仰蓮台座。金剛鈴以響銅製作，七股金剛杵形握柄，表面鎏金，鉤端塑成摩竭魚形，下接覆蓮，中間刻劃戴寶冠的佛首，形象生動逼真。鈴身頂部飾覆蓮，蓮瓣上刻六字真言，腰身上緣有一圈橫排的金剛杵紋，中間為饕餮、瓔珞紋，下緣部位飾一圈豎排的金剛杵紋。鈴內壁鐫「大明永樂年施」款。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 358.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Vajra and Bell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 358.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Vajra and Bell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:358.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Vajra and Bell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 358).
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