Japanese Old Vintage Bronze Signed Bell Beautiful Sound
$950.00
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Here’s a beautiful and unique way to accent your indoor or outdoor garden space with this treasure from Japan!
This is a superb solid antique bronze casting of a wonderful old fire bell bonsho. This bell was sourced from an old Northern Japanese collection recently.
It is signed on two of its side panels and is accompanied by a fine scarce old wooden 12 inch striker.
It features a crisply cast dragon top with distinct calligraphy on two of its side panels.
The distinct resonation is both long and high pitched – a resonation that proffers a beautiful long alerting sound. You won’t be disappointed.
This bell possesses a fine old original dark greenish blue patina- just the way we like to find them.
Dimensions: Bell is 10 inches tall and 5 inches wide
We will include a scarce perfect sized complimentary 14 inch long hard wood striker as well (photo)
Quality: very good condition
This bell is a hard to find size; most found today are small or much larger in scale.
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. We are members of NAJGA- North American Japanese Garden Association.
Our gallery based in Newport, Rhode Island USA has been dealing in authentic Pre-Columbian, Japanese and fine Asian art, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for 25 years. Our president personally travels across America as well as Japan and Europe 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.
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