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Cowbell.

Place of production:
Date of production:Probably mid 20th century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Cowbell.

Place of production:
Date of production:First quarter of 20th century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Cowbell.

Place of production:
Date of production:First quarter of 20th century
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Zhuzhou Zhong with Panchi Motif (Bronze bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Western Han dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bo with Dragon Loop and Panchi Pattern (Bronze bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhong with Panchi Motif (Bronze bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bronze zhong with studs

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhong with Cloud Pattern (Bronze bell with studs) (2 bells)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhong with Cloud Pattern (Bronze bell with studs) (2 bells)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Yangjiaozhong (Bronze bell with ram horns)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period to Western Han dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhong with Lozenge Pattern (Attachment 2) (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhong with Stylised Animal-mask Motif (Attachment 3) (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bianzhong (Bronze bell) with studs

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Xupu Dajiangkou Bianzhong (Bronze chime bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bianzhong with Plain Design (Bronze bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bianzhong with studs (Bronze bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bianzhong with Braided Pattern (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bianzhong with Braided Pattern (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bianzhong with Four-column Studs (Bronze bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bianzhong with Four-column Studs (Bronze bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bianzhong with Four-column Studs (Bronze bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Siru Bianzhong (Bronze bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bianzhong with a Plain Design (Attachment 1) (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bianzhong with a Plain Design (Attachment 1) (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bianzhong with Braided Pattern (Attachment 2) (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhong with Cord Pattern (Attachment 5) (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zheng with Two-column Studs (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zheng with 24 studs (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Changsha Huangnikeng Zheng (Duo with cloud pattern)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Pingjiang Wengjiang Zheng (Bronze duo with tiger motif)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Xupu Dajiangkou zheng (Bronze duo)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zheng with Cloud Pattern (Bronze zhong)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zheng with Cloud Pattern (Bronze duo with cloud pattern)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zheng with a hexagonal prism handle (Bronze duo bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zheng with a dodecagonal prism handle (Bronze duo bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zheng with Dragon Motif Handle (in the same set as the Bronze Zheng with Dragon Motif No. 30786) (Bronze duo bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bronze Zheng with Dragon Motif

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zheng with a rectangular prism handle (Bronze duo bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Xupu Dajiangkou Chunyu (Bronze drum with tiger figurine)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Changde Chunyu with Tiger Figurine (Bronze drum with tiger design)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Jingzhou Qiaoniu Chunyu (Bronze drum with a bridge-shaped top handle)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhong with Kui Dragon Design (Bronze bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Spring and Autumn period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhong with complex line design and S-shaped pattern (Bronze bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Spring and Autumn period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhong with Decoration on One Side (Bronze bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Spring and Autumn period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Xinhua Bell-shaped Zheng (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Spring and Autumn period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Shifu Zhong (Bronze bell with inscriptions)

Place of production:China
Date of production:King Li’s reign of the Western Zhou dynasty [877-841 BC]
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Changsha Huangnikeng Zheng (Duo with cloud pattern)

Place of production:
Date of production:Warring States period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Shaodong Minan Bo (Four-tiger bo bell)

Place of production:Xiang River basin and its adjacent areas where the Yue people resided
Date of production:Late Shang dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bo with Tiger Pattern (Bo bell with Tiger Pattern)

Place of production:China
Date of production:
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bo with Bird Design (Bronze bo bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Mid-Western Zhou dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bo with Tiger Loop Design (Bronze bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Spring and Autumn period
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Xiangxiang Malong Zhong (Bronze bell with phoenix motif)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Early Western Zhou dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Liuyang Chengtan Zhong (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Early Western Zhou dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Xiangtan Zhong (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Mid-Western Zhou dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhong with Cloud and Thunder Pattern (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Early Mid-Western Zhou dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Xiangtan Hongjiaqiao Zhong (Bronze yongzhong with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Mid-Western Zhou dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Xiangtan Xiaotuo Zhong (Bronze bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhong with Cloud and Thunder Pattern (Bronze bell with conical studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Bronze
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhong with Thin-lined Pattern (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Western Zhou dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Linwu Zhong (Yongzhong with cloud pattern)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Late Western Zhou dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Shuangfeng Dajie Zhong (Bronze bell with cloud patterns and studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Late Western Zhou dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhong with Cloud Pattern (Bronze Zhong)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Late Western Zhou dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhong with Cloud Pattern (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Mid-Western Zhou dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhong with Long Studs (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Late Western Zhou dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhong with Plain Design (Bronze bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Late Western Zhou dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Han Dynasty Bronze Bell

Place of production:China
Date of production:Han dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Chunyu with Fish Motifs (Bronze drum)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Western Han dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Changde Chunyu (Bronze drum with a human figure)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Western Han dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Chunyu with A Horse Figurine and Boat and Fish Patterns (Bronze drum with a horse-shaped loop)

Place of production:China
Date of production:
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Xiangxi Chunyu with Double-tiger Figurine

Place of production:China
Date of production:Eastern Han dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Chunyu with Tiger Figurine and Boat and Fish Patterns (Bronze drum with tiger figurine)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Eastern Han dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Chunyu [a large bronze drum]

Place of production:China
Date of production:Western Han dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Chunyu with Wuzhu Coin Pattern (Attachment 4) (Bronze drum with double-fish and double-coin patterns)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Western Han dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Dasheng Huangzhongqing Zhong (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Northern Song dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Yongzhong with Studs (Bronze bell with studs)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Northern Song dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Zhiyuan Jimao Bell (Bronze bo bell)

Place of production:Hengzhou Road during Yuan dynasty (Zhihengyang, i.e. regions such as Hengyang and Hengnan in modern times)
Date of production:Zhiyuan period, 5th year ([this year concords with]1339)
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Ming Wanli Jiachen [1605] Hangzhou Prefectural School Bronze Bo

Place of production:China
Date of production:Ming dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Qing Dynasty Bronze Bell with Dragon Loop and Dragon-phoenix Motif (modelled on bronze bells of Xuande era, Ming dynasty)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Qing dynasty
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Qianlong 2nd Year Zhong (Bronze bo bell)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Qianlong [6th emperor of the Qing dynasty] era, 2nd year ([this year concords with] 1737)
Collection:Hunan Museum

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Bell; zhong

Place of production:China
Date of production:before 1882
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Bell

Place of production:Hong Kong
Date of production:19th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Bell

Place of production:West Africa
Date of production:19th century
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Temple bell

Place of production:China
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Temple bell

Place of production:China
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Monastery bell

Place of production:Myanmar
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Monastery bell

Place of production:Myanmar
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Bell

Place of production:Africa (Togo?)
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Densho

Place of production:Japan
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Densho

Place of production:Japan
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Temple bell

Place of production:Japan
Date of production:1850–1950
Collection:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Bell

Place of production:Europe
Date of production:
Collection:Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Muyu (temple block)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Circa 1930
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Muyu (temple block)

Place of production:China
Date of production:Circa 1930
Collection:University of Edinburgh

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Double bell

Place of production:Cameroon
Date of production:1930–40
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Double bell

Place of production:Cameroon
Date of production:1930–40
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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Double bell

Place of production:Cameroon
Date of production:1930–40
Collection:Powell-Cotton Museum

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