A CHINESE BRONZE BELL

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY

Cast as a flattened circular sphere with a halo raised on a rectangular-section plinth, 17cm.

Provenance: purchased from Bluett & Son Ltd.

Cf. J Harrison-Hall, China, a History in Objects, p.47, no.5 for an almost identical jingle bell in the collection of the British Museum, London, museum accession no.1936,1118.70.