The dragon-shaped head and the form of this bell is similar to examples from this country, but in its lack of registers of vertical bands and motifs of bodhisattvas and heavenly musicians depicted on its surface, it shares characteristics of bells originating in the Korean peninsula. Its inscription tells us that it was produced in Tsushima.
Object label
Bell
Bronze
H 54.6, D of rim 31.8
Muromachi period 16th century
Bunki 1 1501
- D017674
- D017674
- 1997/03/11
- D009039
- 1994/04/20
- A024964
- 1997/03/11
- A023780
- 1992/01/31
- A023781
- 1992/01/31
- A023782
- 1992/01/31
- A023783
- 1992/01/31
- A023784
- 1992/01/31
- A023785
- 1992/01/31
- A023786
- 1992/01/31
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| Accession Number | 847-0 |
|---|---|
| Category | Decorative Arts |
| Provenance | Formerly kept in Kannondō at Tsushima Sago, Nagasaki |
| Bibliography | Masterpieces from the Collection of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 1997, 350p. (Japanese) Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Nara National Museum: Buddhist Implements. Nara National Museum, 1992, 121p. (Japanese) |