Bell, Buddhist

Bell, or vajra-ghanta, of bronze with chased thunderbolt handle: Japan, Buddhist, 19th century

Bell, Buddhist

Buddhist pilgrim's bell, a brass gong suspended from a flat piece of wood covered with brass and red felt, the frame decorated with temple crest and lotus, and having a cylindrical sutra holder decorated with the sun and moon, with a wooden beater: Japan, Kii province, gong by Nakata Motokiyo, ca. 1900