A LARGE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL BELL, ZHONG WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY the body of elliptical section and barrel form with the two sides rising up in an arc, each side set with three rows of three bosses, evenly distributed and placed in the upper quadrants on both sides and divided by bands of smaller bosses separated by disintegrated zoomorphic scrolls in a fine line relief, the flat top decorated with a similar zoomorph scroll in a sunken relief and surmounted by a long tapering collared tubular shank with a lug for suspension, the surface covered overall with light malachite and azurite encrustation, together with: a small archaic bronze bell (zhong), Western Zhou dynasty height 18 1/2 in., 47.1 cm and 3 in., 7.7 cm
A LARGE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL BELL, ZHONG WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY the body of elliptical section and barrel form with the two sides rising up in an arc, each side set with three rows of three bosses, evenly distributed and placed in the upper quadrants on both sides and divided by bands of smaller bosses separated by disintegrated zoomorphic scrolls in a fine line relief, the flat top decorated with a similar zoomorph scroll in a sunken relief and surmounted by a long tapering collared tubular shank with a lug for suspension, the surface covered overall with light malachite and azurite encrustation, together with: a small archaic bronze bell (zhong), Western Zhou dynasty height 18 1/2 in., 47.1 cm and 3 in., 7.7 cm
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