Three-Pronged Vajra (Sankosho)

Japan

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 223

For Esoteric Buddhist ritual prayer and incantations, a set of vajra pestles (kongōsho) and a bell (kongōrei) would be placed upon a bronze stand.

Three-Pronged Vajra (Sankosho), Gilt bronze, Japan

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