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三鈷杵
Title:Three-Pronged Vajra (Sankosho)
Period:Heian period (794–1185)
Date:12th century
Culture:Japan
Medium:Gilt bronze
Dimensions:L. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Classification:Metalwork
Credit Line:Purchase, Richard and Peggy Danziger, 1987
Object Number:1987.151
[ Sugimoto Works of Art , New York, until 1987; sold to MMA]
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