A MASSIVE BRONZE BELL, ZHONG EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 5TH CENTURY B.C. Of elliptical section, the two sides decorated with alternating rows of coiled serpents cast in high relief and bands of inverted dragon scroll, flanking a plain, central field, all within bowstring borders above a design of dragon scroll divided into four quadrants, the dragons in the lower row also inverted, with similar dragons cast on the top below a large handle formed by a faceted, arched bar issuing from the open jaws of two scaly beasts, the surface with mottled cuprite and ferrous encrustation 28½in. (72.4cm.) high
A MASSIVE BRONZE BELL, ZHONG EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 5TH CENTURY B.C. Of elliptical section, the two sides decorated with alternating rows of coiled serpents cast in high relief and bands of inverted dragon scroll, flanking a plain, central field, all within bowstring borders above a design of dragon scroll divided into four quadrants, the dragons in the lower row also inverted, with similar dragons cast on the top below a large handle formed by a faceted, arched bar issuing from the open jaws of two scaly beasts, the surface with mottled cuprite and ferrous encrustation 28½in. (72.4cm.) high
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