Ghanta

anonymous, 900 - 1600

Priest's bell. Crowned with a vajra. Indonesia, East Java. 13th - 15th century. Bronze. Priest's bells of the East Java period are simpler than those of the Central Java period. The tips of the vajra point out; in the Central Java period, they turn inward.

  • Artwork typeghanta, jingle, percussion instrument, musical instrument, bell (idiophone), handbell
  • Object numberAK-MAK-254
  • Dimensionsheight 18.5 cm x diameter 9.3 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Ghanta

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-254

  • Description

    Bronzen sculptuur van een bel met geleed handvat en de top gevormd door lotuskussen waarop een vijfpuntige wajra.

Creation

  • Creation

    bronze caster: anonymous, Oost-Java

  • Dating

    900 - 1600

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 18.5 cm x diameter 9.3 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase, 1949)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from an anonymus collection, Nijmegen, fl. 250, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1949;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

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