Ritual bell, or bo zhong, with interlace and two dragons
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Details
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Title
Ritual bell, or bo zhong, with interlace and two dragons
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Associated place
China (place of creation) -
Date
1st half of the 6th century BC
Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 475 BC) -
Material and technique
bronze
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Object type
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Dimensions
15.5 x 10.8 x 8 cm (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
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Museum location
Ground floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800
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Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EA1956.885
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Glossary of terms
zhong
Further reading
Loveday, Helen, Chinese Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum: An Illustrated Handbook to the Collections (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1990), p. 31, illus. p. 27 pl. 10
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