A BRONZE BELL (NIU ZHONG) EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD 6TH-5TH CENTURY BC of oval cross-section with a concave base, decorated on each side with eighteen bosses in the form of coiled dragons, all divided into three registers interrupted by bands of dense hooks-and-volutes, and separated by a central panel, the lower section finely cast in low relief with interlacing dragons, the flat top with similar dragon motifs and set with a suspension loop, with gray-green surface patina and reddish cuprite encrustation Height 7 1/2 in., 19 cm
A BRONZE BELL (NIU ZHONG) EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD 6TH-5TH CENTURY BC of oval cross-section with a concave base, decorated on each side with eighteen bosses in the form of coiled dragons, all divided into three registers interrupted by bands of dense hooks-and-volutes, and separated by a central panel, the lower section finely cast in low relief with interlacing dragons, the flat top with similar dragon motifs and set with a suspension loop, with gray-green surface patina and reddish cuprite encrustation Height 7 1/2 in., 19 cm
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