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Bell with Vajra Handle
900s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The vajra and bell as a pair are an important combination of tantric implements. When used together, the vajra is held in the right hand and stands for tantric method; the bell refers to wisdom and is held in the left hand. When a tantric master holds the vajra and bell, he takes on the guise of an enlightened being who teaches and models tantric methods with wisdom and understanding.
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- Title: Bell with Vajra Handle
- Date Created: 900s
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.); Overall: 15.1 cm (5 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: (Spink and Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin), Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.355
- Medium: bronze
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Indonesia, Java, 10th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
- Collection: Javanese Art
- Accession Number: 1989.355
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