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Ritual Implements
Pair of Rimmonim (Torah Finials)
Maker's mark IT in rectangle, possibly for James Trender, 1806-1807
Silver, parcel-gilt
19th centuryBritishRitual Implements
Piece of a Pair of Bone Clappers
Unknown Artist, c. 1500-1200 BCE
Bone
14th-13th century BCEEgyptianRitual Implements
Censer
Unknown Artist, 6th century CE
Copper alloy
6th centuryByzantineRitual Implements
Ritual Ovoid 'Kendi' Pouring Vessel with Flaring Mouth and Short Spout
Unknown Artist, Cham kingdom, 9th-10th century
Turned bronze
9th-10th centuryVietnameseRitual Implements
Ceramic 'chunyu' bell
Unknown Artist, 5th-4th century BCE
Proto-porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
5th-4th century BCEChineseRitual Implements
'Chunyu' Bell with Tiger-Form Handle
Unknown Artist, 5th-3rd century BCE
Cast bronze with incised decoration
5th-3rd century BCEChineseRitual Implements
Covered reliquary jar and stand
Unknown Artist, 7th-8th century
Earthenware with traces of cold painted pigments
7th-8th centuryChineseRitual Implements
Covered Reliquary, the Reliquary with a Pedestal Base, the Cover with a Knob in the Form of a Five-Story Stupa
Unknown Artist, 8th-9th century
Silvered bronze
8th-9th centuryChineseRitual Implements
Votive Nail or Punch
Unknown Artist, 3rd-4th century CE
Copper alloy
3rd-4th century CERomanRitual Implements
Chakra (Rimpō), or Wheel of the Buddhist Law
Unknown Artist, early 14th century
Gilt bronze
14th centuryJapaneseRitual Implements
Crossed Vajras (Katsuma vajra)
Unknown Artist, 11th century
Gilt bronze
11th centuryJapaneseRitual Implements
Five-Prong Vajra (Gokosho), or Buddhist Thunderbolt
Unknown Artist, 12th century
Gilt bronze
12th centuryJapaneseRitual Implements
Three-Prong Vajra (Sankosho)
Unknown Artist, late 12th-early 14th century
Gilt bronze; with lightly incised inscription
12th-14th centuryJapaneseRitual Implements
Hanging Disk with Image of Seated Buddha (Kakebotoke)
Unknown Artist, late 13th century
Bronze with glass bead attachments and wood backing
13th centuryJapaneseRitual Implements
Pagoda
Unknown Artist, 794-1185
Earthenware with traces of pigment
8th-12th centuryJapaneseRitual Implements
Pagoda-Shaped Reliquary and Miniature Crystal Pagoda
Unknown Artist, 12th-14th century, Late Heian to Kamakura periods
Gilt bronze and rock crystal
12th-14th centuryJapaneseRitual Implements
Rice-Grain Pagoda with Sanskrit character for "Dainichi" written on one side, from Murō-ji
Unknown Artist, 1392-1568
Carved wood with ink and mineral pigments (paper-wrapped rice grain inside?)
15th-16th centuryJapaneseRitual Implements
Rice-Grain Pagoda, from Daigorin-ji (formerly Jingu-ji)
Unknown Artist, 1392-1568
Carved wood with ink and mineral pigments(?) (originally with dharani-wrapped rice grain)
15th-16th centuryJapaneseRitual Implements
Relic grains (shari)
Unknown Artist, Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292
Glass and quartz
13th centuryJapanese