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Watson, William, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Arts of the East (London: Faber and Faber, 1962), pl.69a
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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A Chinese ritual bell with an arch-lip.
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