Room 10 | China 3000 BC-AD 800 gallery
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Ritual bell, or bo zhong, with interlace and two dragons
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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1st half of the 6th century BC
Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 475 BC)
- Material and technique
- bronze
- Dimensions
- 15.5 x 10.8 x 8 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › bronze
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.885
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Further reading
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
Glossary
zhong
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zhong
A Chinese ritual bell with an arch-lip.
Location
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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