ID: 700001923 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001923	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Bronzen bel (bell (idiophone); unknown Javanese; 800/900 CE; Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands); AK-MAK-314; RM001.collect.1980)

Note: A small, richly decorated priest's bell from Indonesia. The bronze hand bell was used in Buddhist rituals. Such hand bells are still used by Buddhist priests, for instance in Bali, Nepal and Tibet. But they are rarely as finely executed as this example. The priest's bell consists of three parts: the domed body of the bell itself, the handle and the top. Four adjacent heads form the handle. The upper part (varja) consists of four sickle-shaped protrusions around a pin.

Titles:

Bronzen bel (preferred,C,U,RP,Dutch-P,U,U)

Priest's bell (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

bell (idiophone) [300041872] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Sound Devices (hierarchy name), sound devices (equipment), <sound devices by acoustical characteristics>, idiophones, struck idiophones, directly struck idiophones, percussion idiophones, percussion idiophones: hollow-bodied, <bells and sets of bells>)

Classifications:

music / musical instruments (preferred)

decorative arts

sculptures

Creation Date: 800/900 CE

Creator Display:

unknown Javanese [preferred,VP]

anoniem [,VP]

artist unknown Javanese (Javanese cultural designation) [500203487]

Locations:

Current: Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) [500246547] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: AK-MAK-314; RM001.collect.1980

Credit Line: Bruikleen van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst.

Display Materials: bronze

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

	founding (metal or glass working) [300054038]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, forming (physical activity))

Dimensions: 18.5 x 8.0 cm

Events:

exhibition: Wie schrijft die blijft. Zij drukten hun stempel op de Zeeuwse geschiedenis; 2005-02-05 - 2005-06-04

Cultures:

Central Javanese (preferred)

General Subject:

ceremonial objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Vajrasattva [901000390]
	.....((Buddhist characters, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Copyright: Public Domain

Provenance: bruikleen 1972

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Additional Notes:

Dutch ..... Priesterbel, bekroond door een vajra. De bel bestaat uit drie delen: de klokvormige bel, het handvat met de vier gezichten en de top in de vorm van een vajra.

Sources and Contributors:
Bronzen bel	........ [VP,Rijksmuseum]
	........ Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-314/bronzen-bel; accessed 5 September 2012
Priest's bell	........ [VP]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/AK-MAK-314; accessed 14 September 2012

Subject: ....... [VP,Rijksmuseum]

....................... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-314/bronzen-bel; accessed 5 September 2012

....................... Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/AK-MAK-314; accessed 14 September 2012
Dutch	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-314/bronzen-bel; accessed 5 September 2012