id:			284355
accession number:	2016.38
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.38
updated:		2020-08-07 09:02:20.357000

Five-pronged Vajra Bell (Gokorei), early 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Gilt bronze; height: 16.7 cm (6 9/16 in.); diameter: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Lillian M. Kern Memorial Fund 2016.38

title:				Five-pronged Vajra Bell (Gokorei)
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creation date:			early 1300s
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1333
current location:		235B Japanese
creditline:			Lillian M. Kern Memorial Fund
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culture:	Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333)
technique:	gilt bronze
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: height: 16.7 cm (6 9/16 in.); Diameter: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - September 2016-January 2017
	opening date:   2016-09-19T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - September 2016-January 2017</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 19, 2016-January 8, 2017).

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018
	opening date:   2017-07-15T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 15, 2017-January 2, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2016-present
	date: 2016-
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fun fact: 
Vajras are symbolic weapons, representing the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force), still used in Buddhist ceremonies today.

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wall description: 
The five prongs of this bell symbolize the Buddhist “Five Perfections”—generosity, morality, patience, perseverance, and concentration. The mouth of the bell symbolizes the “Sixth Perfection” of wisdom. The bell was used in Japanese Esoteric Buddhist rituals along with vajra pestles, or kongōsho.
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