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A small gilt-bronze bell
Lot 7 Various properties

A small gilt-bronze bell

Probably Asuka period (7th century)

Closed15 April 2016

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A small gilt-bronze bell
Probably Asuka period (7th century)
The oval bell finely cast and gilded, the bottom with a rectangular aperture revealing a ball inside
1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.) long

Enmanji temple, Nara Prefecture by repute
Otsuki Bankei (1801-1878)

Specialist note

According to an accompanying handwritten note dated 1874, this bell is from Asuka period and a similar bell is known to exist in the collection of Horyuji Temple, Nara. For the similar bells in the collection of Horyuji Temple, see Catalogue of Art Treasures of Ten Great Temples of Nara, volume eleven - The Horyuji Temple Part XI (Tokyo: Otsuka Kogeisha, 1933), pl. 22.