EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH-7TH CENTURY BC

A bronze lei dated to the late Spring and Autumn/early Warring States period of similar proportions and with similar bands of decoration, but of smaller size (33.6 cm. diam.), was excavated in 1980 in Huailai Ganzibao, Hebei province. See Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji - 15 - Beifang minzu, Beijing, 1995, p. 131, no. 194. See, also, the similar lei of approximately the same size in the Qing Court collection illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 27 - Bronze Ritual Vessels and Musical Instruments, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 209, no. 133.