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EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY"Each vajra has a bulbous shaft with twin bands of waisted lotus petals that terminate at each end in various prongs.Each 6 in. (15.2 cm.) long, stands; Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.; ProvenanceBy repute, Collection of Henry Harrison Getty (1838-1919)By repute, Collection of Alice Getty (d.1946).By repute, Collection of Courtenay Charles Evan Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar (1867-1934)By repute, Collection of Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar (1893-1949).By repute, Collection of Professor and Mrs BellerbyCollection of Mark Dineley (1901-1975) and Peter Dineley (1938-2018)."The vajras may be stylistically compared with the 19th century Japanese gilt-bronze five-pronged vajra (15.3 cm.) in the British Museum, Accession number 1885, 1227.57.The vajra is a symbol of indestructability and power and, together with the gantha and bell, is one of the primary ritual symbols in Buddhism. The term is derived from Sanskrit and translates to both thunderbolt and diamond.