EARLY BRONZES
A bronze ritual bell, zhong
WESTERN ZHOU
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A bronze ritual bell, zhong
Western Zhou
Of flattened slightly tapering form, decorated with six rows of nipples on both sides and two bands of a raised thunder pattern in between within a narrow rectangular outline, the panel below with a mask-like texture, a tubular projection on top for suspension with a raised band with bracket-shaped motifs in relief, green patina, on wood stand
32.5 cm high
Western Zhou
Of flattened slightly tapering form, decorated with six rows of nipples on both sides and two bands of a raised thunder pattern in between within a narrow rectangular outline, the panel below with a mask-like texture, a tubular projection on top for suspension with a raised band with bracket-shaped motifs in relief, green patina, on wood stand
32.5 cm high