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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.
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商 青銅鐃
Title: Upright bell (nao)
Period: Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 BCE)
Date: 13th century BCE
Culture: China
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); W. 7 5/16 in. (18.5 cm); L. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm); W. at shoulder 6 11/16 in. (17 cm); L. at shoulder 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1943
Accession Number: 43.24.2a, b
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