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Title: Temple bell with handle of a pair of addorsed lions and a dragon
Artist: Artist Unknown, Burma
Physical Description: Bronze temple bell with traces of polychrome, text, and lowermost handle in shape of a pair of addorsed lions. A decorated post threads through the space created by the back-to-back lions, on which an additional handle decorated with addorsed dragons is thread. The open space created between the dragons' connecting tails is where part of a frame would pass through, suspending the bell above the ground. This type of bell does not have a metal clapper, and is rung by striking with a wooden stick.
Century: Early 20th century
Object Creation Date: 1907
Accession Number: 2002/2.237A-C
Medium and Support: bronze with traces of polychrome
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Title: Prayer Bell (Lontjeng) (One of a Pair)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java
Physical Description: This is one of a pair of Javanese bells. A talon-like vajra sits atop the bronze handle. Lotus petals decorate the base, and the faces encircling the the bell above them depict Prajnaparamita, the bodhisattva aspect of “Perfection of Wisdom.”
Century: 16th-17th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century - 17th century
Accession Number: 1957/2.53
Medium and Support: bronze
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Title: Vajra bell (Lontjeng) (one of a pair)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Indonesia, Java
Physical Description: This is one of a pair of Javanese bells. A talon-like vajra sits atop the bronze handle. Lotus petals decorate the base, and the faces encircling the the bell above them depict Prajnaparamita, the bodhisattva aspect of “Perfection of Wisdom.”
Century: 16th -17th century
Object Creation Date: 16th century - 17th century
Accession Number: 1957/2.54
Medium and Support: bronze
relevance: rank 0.00000

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