Chime bell of Grand Steward of the Zhu state with a Qianlong period red sandalwood stand，late Spring and Autumn period， 570-476 BCE
- Image Number:K1A002073N000000000 PAB
- Dynamy:Spring and Autumn period
- Category:Bronzes
- Archival dimension:Height 22.2 cm, Depth 9.8 cm, Width 12.2 cm
- Function:Musical instrument, Ritual vessel
- Material:mineral/metal/bronze
- Description:
ring button clock, each in round concave shape. The button is decorated with a rope pattern, the dance part has a cloud pattern, the seal script and the drum part are decorated with a coiled cobra pattern, and there are round bumps at the end and turning points of the cobra body. The drum part of the inner cavity of the bell body and the two milling visible tuning grooves. The table has 34 characters of inscription and 2 characters of repeated inscription, a total of 36 characters, and the content is: “Zhu Dazhai Congzi, who made his own bell, □ □ auspicious gold skin aluminum, and used his own eyebrows to have a long life and a lot of happiness, and his descendants will enjoy it forever.” It shows that this clock was the instrument of the Zhu State during the Spring and Autumn Period
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