Five-pronged Vajra Bell (Gokorei)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Five-pronged Vajra Bell (Gokorei)

early 1300s

gilt bronze
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

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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