商 青銅鐃|Upright bell (nao)
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13th century BCE · Bronze · Asian Art
The nao type of bell is not suspended, but oriented upwards with its stem set into a socketed base. The unusual form of animal mask ornament suggests that this example was produced in the lower Yangzi River region of southeastern China.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 13th century BCE
- Medium
- Bronze
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1943
