Ritual chopper (vajra-katari)

late 14th century

Object PlaceChina, for a Tibetan Buddhist temple

Medium/TechniqueIron overlaid with gold and silver designs

Dimensions23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)

Credit LineCharles Bain Hoyt Fund

Accession number1987.256

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsRitual objects

Collections

Provenance1987, Donald J. Wineman, New York; sold by Donald Wineman to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 27, 1987)

1368–98

early 15th century

Late 17th century

18th century

Artist unknown, Japanese

19th century

early 20th century

William H. Bradley

1894–97

Unknown Java

9th–11th century

20th century

Uda

Mid 19th century

Mihara no jû Morimasa

mid 14th century and 19th century

Early 19th century