id: 160211 accession number: 1998.123 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.123 updated: 2021-03-27 12:16:36.417000 Buddhist Ritual Bell, 1300s. Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392). Bronze; with incised designs; overall: 17.8 x 6.6 cm (7 x 2 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mitsuru Tajima 1998.123 title: Buddhist Ritual Bell title in original language: 청동 금강령 (靑銅金剛鈴) series: series in original language: creation date: 1300s creation date earliest: 1300 creation date latest: 1399 current location: 236 Korean creditline: Gift of Mitsuru Tajima copyright: --- culture: Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) technique: bronze; with incised designs department: Korean Art collection: Korean Art type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 17.8 x 6.6 cm (7 x 2 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: Called a vajra in Sanskrit, this implement is used in Buddhist rituals meant to destroy ignorance. digital description: wall description: This Buddhist ritual bell is called the "five-pronged" bell due to the four prongs bending toward a central prong at the end of the handle. This shape is a vajra, or lightning bolt, a powerful and important symbol in esoteric Buddhism, which originated in India, spread across Asia, and was practiced in Korea. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003. page number: url: Choi, Eung-chon. “Craftsmen in Metal Arts in the Goryeo Dynasty [고려시대 金屬工藝의 匠人].” Misulsahak yeongu (2004): 171-192. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00996932 Choi, Eung-chon. “Metal Arts in the Late Goryeo Period [고려후기의 금속공예].” Kangjwa misulsa (2004): 125-156. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE09054886 Kim, Eun-ae. "A Study of Repoussé Works of the Goryeo Period [고려시대 타출 공예 연구]." Misulsahak yeongu (2007): 31-72. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00997073 Choi, Eung-chon. “The Current Condition and Characteristic of Korean Esoteric Buddhist Ritual Objects of the Goryeo Dynasty in Japanese Collections.” [日本所在 韓國 密敎法具의 현황과 특성]. Silla munhwa (2017): 213-237. page number: url: http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE07136397 Goryeo: The Glory of Korea [대고려, 그 찬란한 도전]. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2018. page number: url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.123/1998.123_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.123/1998.123_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1998.123/1998.123_full.tif