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Bronze duo bell with dragon decorationLate
Bronze duo bell with dragon decorationLate
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Bronze duo bell with dragon decorationLate Spring and Autumn period (6th-early 5th century BC)
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Bronze duo bell with dragon decorationLate
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BATEA : 231
Simple name
musical instrument
Classified name
metal; bronze; bell; spring and autumn period; eastern Zhou; musical instrument; dragon; animal; China;
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Bronze duo bell of characteristic form with short squared handle with two raised bands round the mouth of the handle. Each side of the bell has a surface panel taking up most of the side in question with an elaborate decoration of two dragons with voluted and feathered bodies striding forward facing the handle with a baby dragon following each, another dragon between the striding dragons addorsed, all on a spotted ground. The decoration here is typical of the late Spring and Autumn period, which seems to make this duo bell the earliest example so far published.
Description material
bronze
Description condition
fairThe object was conserved by Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in 2014
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brown
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8.2 cm
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7.2 cm
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Description inscription
indecipherable two character inscription
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Gallery location
Gallery 1, G6
Production date
600 BC = 475 BC
Production period
Spring and Autumn
Production place
China
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