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Bronze bell of the type known as zhong. This bell consists of a tubular handle with a small loop with which it would have been mounted, and an elongated body with oval cross-section and concave opening at the bottom. The body is decorated with three horizontal rows of studs the surface between which is filled with low-relief borders of circles and scrolls.

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