Set of Sixty-Five Bells: bell from the third middle-tier subset

Published/Created:

China, Hubei Province: Suizhou, Leigudun: Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng (Hubei Province): Tomb 1, central chamber, C.65 (archaeological site)
ca. 433 BCE

Physical Description:

H: 75 cm, Weight: 32.2 kg

Materials:

bronze with gold inlay

Notes:

Dedicatory inscription on central panel reads" Zeng Hou Yi zuo chi [Marquis Yi of Zeng made this, cherish it" -- Music in the Age of Confucius

Topics:

Metalwork -- China -- Zhou dynasty, ca. 1100-256 BCE -- Bronze -- (YVRC)

Accession Number:

chinese-0200

Genre:

funerary objects (AAT)
musical instruments (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Tools, Equipment & Instruments

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Music in the Age of Confucius, 2000, p. 043

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection, Asian Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Wuhan, China: Hubei Provincial Museum

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 248894

OID:

518956

PID:

digcoll:1895360