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Five-pronged vajra (gokosho)


Gokosho
五鈷杵
Japanese
Edo period
19th century

Medium/Technique Gilt bronze; cast
Dimensions 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.) (length)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.1584
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsRitual objects

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. III (Buddhist dec. arts), no. 97 Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (2022), ch. III (Buddhist Ritual Objects), no. 98
Provenance1921 gift of William Sturgis Bigelow