Ritual bell

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MIA_.97.81

amicoid

MIA_.97.81

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2001

aly

2001

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

oty

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

artist unknown

crn

artist unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Role:

artist

crr

artist

Creator Role

false

Creator Name-CRT:

artist unknown

crt

artist unknown

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Ritual bell

otn

Ritual bell

Title

false

View:

Front

rid

Front

View

false

Creation Date:

late 6th century B.C. - 5th century B.C.

oct

late 6th century B.C. - 5th century B.C.

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

-533

ocs

-533

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

-500

oce

-500

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

bronze

omd

bronze

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Bronze

clt

Bronze

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

H.24-5/8 x W.18-1/8 x D.14 in.

met

H.24-5/8 x W.18-1/8 x D.14 in.

Dimensions

false

Component Measured:

overall

mcm

overall

Component Measured

false

Measurement Unit:

in

mdu

in

Measurement Unit

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

oon

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

oop

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

97.81

ooa

97.81

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton

ooc

Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html

orl

<a href="http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html"target="_new">http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Cast on each side with eighteen bosses formed by coiled snakes, this massive bell was originally part of a graduated set buried with its owner. These instruments were hung on a wooden frame and rung with a long-handled wooden hammer in accompaniment to singers performing ceremonial songs and ballads at the feudal courts. The largest and most elaborate bronze bells date from the late Western Chou period and are a tribute to the technical abilities of the ancient artisans to pour large scale, finely detailed castings.

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<P>Cast on each side with eighteen bosses formed by coiled snakes, this massive bell was originally part of a graduated set buried with its owner. These instruments were hung on a wooden frame and rung with a long-handled wooden hammer in accompaniment to singers performing ceremonial songs and ballads at the feudal courts. The largest and most elaborate bronze bells date from the late Western Chou period and are a tribute to the technical abilities of the ancient artisans to pour large scale, finely detailed castings. </P>

Context

false

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Ritual bell