Here’s a beautiful and unique way to accent your indoor or outdoor garden space with this instrumental treasure from Japan! This is a superb antique solid bronze casting of a wonderful medium scale temple bell, Bonsho.

This bell was sourced from an old Kyoto Japanese collection recently, It dates to the end of the Taisho/ Early Showa period and displays a bluish green azurite patina. These bells were often commissioned for donation to temples and were also crafted and made available to private individuals.

This bell possesses a beautiful original old blue azurite patina which highlights this 80+ year old bronze relic.

Dimensions: 10 inches tall and 6.25 inches diameter

Tone: Beautiful when struck with striker, we will include a wooden striker

Quality: Nice aged patina . Heavy hand cast.

This bell is a hard to find in this size; most found today are larger and heavier in scale.

Hand cast. Make wonderful garden accents.

When struck, long pleasant sound.

History of Japan’s temple bells: Rather than containing a clapper, bonsho is struck from the outside, using either a handheld mallet or a beam suspended on ropes. Antique Japanese bronze temple bells have a handle of dragon heads called ryuzu, protrusions called chi chi or nyu and to improve resonance of sound, protruding, tsuki-za, striking panels and in some instances possess a mei-bun inscription of the bell’s history. Bonsho or Buddhist bells known as tsurigane (hanging bells) or great bells are large bells found in Buddhist temples throughout Japan, used to summon the monks to prayer.

Lifetime guarantee of authenticity: All of our Asian works of art come with our Lifetime Authenticity Guarantee.

Schneible Fine Arts has been dealing in authentic Japanese and Chinese Fine art, antiquities, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for 25 years. Mr. Schneible personally travels to China and Japan each year to meet his network partners who assist him in finding best examples. He personally inspects each antique work of art to ensure its old age, authenticity and quality condition.