Vajra
Gilt copper alloy
金銅寶珠杵
日本
日本十四世紀密教法器。寶珠杵一般以五寶珠形表現，而此杵僅作單枚寶珠，甚為少見。
銅質鎏金，握柄兩端設寶珠，寶珠頂端陰刻三道凹弦紋。寶珠火焰紋已佚，留有圓板火焰座，板上鑿有四孔。寶珠下為束腰仰覆蓮瓣柄座，中央鬼目細小。
整體屬小型作品，樣式堪稱古老，然握柄略呈形式化，應為日本南北朝時期（1336～1392）所製。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 357.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Vajra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 357.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Vajra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:357.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Vajra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 357).
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