Clapper bell (ling) with masks (taotie)
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Object Details
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Exhibition History
- Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings (February 25, 2023 to April 28, 2024)
- Resound: Ancient Bells of China (October 14, 2017 - July 5, 2021)
- Early Chinese Miniatures (March 16 to May 29, 1977)
- Credit Line
- The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; a joint gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Paul Singer, the AMS Foundation for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, and the Children of Arthur M. Sackler
- ca. 1250-1050 BCE
- Period
- Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
- Accession Number
- S2012.9.631
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Musical Instrument
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8.5 × 4.8 × 4.2 cm (3 3/8 × 1 7/8 × 1 5/8 in)
- Origin
- Anyang, probably Henan province, China
- On View
- Sackler Gallery 24b: Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- casting
- metal
- bronze
- Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE)
- China
- Chinese Art
- The Dr. Paul Singer Collection of Chinese Art of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- taotie
- Record ID
- fsg_S2012.9.631
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3d1daffab-46eb-423e-b2cc-ec33026dfb1d
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