Anren Heshu Nao (Bronze bell with 3D bird design and conical studs)

Well preserved. Made of bronze, with light green and earthy brown colours on the surface. The body of the bell is shaped like a combined pair of tiles. The length of the xian is almost equal to the distance between the two xian points. The underside (wu) is flat and the two xian points are straight. The tubular rod named yong (handle) is short, hollow in the middle and is connected to the body. The cross-section of the yong is round in shape. The yong has a raised collar (xuan), which does not have a lug (xuanchong) attached for hanging the bell. The body of the bell is trapezoid shaped when viewed from the front. The mouth (yu) is slightly curved. There are 36 conical studs on the body of the bell. The front of the gu is decorated with cloud patterns. There are dense round-dot patterns to divide the body into different sections such as the central panel (zheng), zhuan and studs. There are cloud and thunder patterns made up of thin lines on the areas (zhuan) between the studs. There are also 6 studs and double-line C-shaped patterns decorating the xuan. The front of the body is decorated with a three-dimensional bird, which has never been seen before.