Cast Yongle six-character mark and of the period The gilt handle of the bell finely cast with the head of Buddha wearing an eight-foliate crown, supporting a band of lotus petals and surmounted by a quintuple vajra-shaped finial, the cylindrical handle attached to the domed-shaped bell decorated with radiating lotus petals, above a band of horizontal vajra symbols within beaded borders repeated above the splayed foot in vertical form, the interior of the bell cast with the Imperial reign mark; the vajra constructed the same, with nine prongs issuing from makara heads, the central knop flanked by lotus friezes, fitted box. Ghanta, 22cm (8 3/4in) high; Vajra, 17.5cm (6 3/4in) long (3).