Three-pronged Vajra Pestle (Sankosho)
early 1300s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Three-pronged Vajra Pestle (Sankosho), early 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Gilt bronze; overall: 17.5 x 5 cm (6 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Richard G. Paley 1974.264 The vajra is said to tear through ignorance like a powerful thunderbolt.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- gilt bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 17.5 x 5 cm (6 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1974.264
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Richard G. Paley
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1974, Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975: Year in Review 1974.<br>Cleveland Museum of Art, 1977: In the Nature of Materials - Japanese Decorative Arts.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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