These objects are connected as bronze bells primarily from ancient East Asian cultures (China and Korea), where they served ceremonial, ritual, and musical functions during various dynastic periods, particularly the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
24 objects · 5 institutions
Altar bell with Portuguese heads
Metropolitan Museum of Art
16th–17th century
Bell
Rijksmuseum
1285
IIIF
Bell
GETTY
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Bell (Bo Zhong)
Cleveland Museum of Art
early 400s BCE
IIIF
Bell (Duo)
Art Institute of Chicago
Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (480–221 BCE), 4th century BCE
Bell (Lai Zhong)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 800–700 BCE
IIIF
Bell (nao)
Art Institute of Chicago
Western Zhou dynasty (1046–771 B.C.)
IIIF
Bell with Archaistic Motifs
Art Institute of Chicago
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), mid–17th century
Bell with Diamond-Shaped Insignia
Cleveland Museum of Art
300s–100s BCE
Bell with Diamond-Shaped Insignia
Cleveland Museum of Art
300s–100s BCE
Bell with Diamond-Shaped Insignia
Cleveland Museum of Art
300s–100s BCE
Bell with Diamond-Shaped Insignia
Cleveland Museum of Art
300s–100s BCE
Bronze Ritual Bell
Cleveland Museum of Art
1226
Cattle Bell
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1850–89
Costume Bell
Metropolitan Museum of Art
19th century
Dongson Drum Top
Cleveland Museum of Art
300–400 CE
IIIF
Loop Suspension Bell (Niuzhong)
Art Institute of Chicago
Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period (770–481 B.C.), 8th/6th century B.C.
IIIF
Loop Suspension Bell (Niuzhong)
Art Institute of Chicago
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 B.C.), late 6th/early 5th century B.C.
IIIF
Model of a Bell (Goudiao)
Art Institute of Chicago
Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 480–221 BCE
IIIF
Model of a Bell (Zheng)
Art Institute of Chicago
Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (480–221 B.C.), 4th or 3rd century B.C.
Pair of bell pulls
Metropolitan Museum of Art
19th century
Ritual bell
Rijksmuseum
after -0482
Set of Bells with Diamond-Shaped Insignia
Cleveland Museum of Art
300s–100s BCE
IIIF
Suspension Bell (Bo) 东周时期青铜镈
Art Institute of Chicago
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 B.C.), first half of 5th century B.C.
