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Ritual bell of Zhejian
In 1759, the governor of the Jiangxi Province presented a farmer’s discovery of eleven ancient bronze bells to the Qianlong emperor, who interpreted it as an auspicious sign of the recent victory on the northwestern frontier. These bells were later housed in a building that he converted into Yungutang, or Harmonizing with Antiquity Hall. This bell is one of four that survive from this set.
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