Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1794
Materials:bronze
Technique:
Subjects:dragon
Description:
Bronze bell. Handle in form of of dragons, inscription.
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![图片[1]-bell BM-1946-0211.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00810630_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-bell BM-1946-0211.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00810631_001.jpg)
Comments:Bronze temple bellChina, BeijingQing dynasty, dated AD 1794The Buddhist layman Xu Yunlong of Beijing, hadthis bell cast and donated it to a temple. Theremainder of the inscription praises the Buddhaand other Buddhist deities and expresses thedesire for prayers to be answered. It also containsa wish for the prosperity of the empire.Given by the Council of United Service InstitutionsAsia 1946,0211.1 The bell was cast on the order of the layman Xu Yunlong of the Wanping district (now Lougouqiao) a suburb of Peking. The inscription, which is dated to the 58th year of the Qianlong period (AD 1794), records that the bell weighs in excess of 1000 catties (about 1330 lbs).Bronze bellsMassive bronze bells were hung in temples and city bell towers. They announced the beginning of the day with 108 chimes, which represented the ‘108 sins’ to be expiated.Their form is derived from archaic bronze bells of the late Eastern Zhou period (6th-3rd centuries BC) on which ritual music was performed. Most Chinese bells lack a clapper and are struck on the exterior, the smaller ones with rods and the larger with wooden rams suspended from doubled ropes.
Materials:bronze
Technique:
Subjects:dragon
Description:
Bronze bell. Handle in form of of dragons, inscription.
IMG
Comments:Bronze temple bellChina, BeijingQing dynasty, dated AD 1794The Buddhist layman Xu Yunlong of Beijing, hadthis bell cast and donated it to a temple. Theremainder of the inscription praises the Buddhaand other Buddhist deities and expresses thedesire for prayers to be answered. It also containsa wish for the prosperity of the empire.Given by the Council of United Service InstitutionsAsia 1946,0211.1 The bell was cast on the order of the layman Xu Yunlong of the Wanping district (now Lougouqiao) a suburb of Peking. The inscription, which is dated to the 58th year of the Qianlong period (AD 1794), records that the bell weighs in excess of 1000 catties (about 1330 lbs).Bronze bellsMassive bronze bells were hung in temples and city bell towers. They announced the beginning of the day with 108 chimes, which represented the ‘108 sins’ to be expiated.Their form is derived from archaic bronze bells of the late Eastern Zhou period (6th-3rd centuries BC) on which ritual music was performed. Most Chinese bells lack a clapper and are struck on the exterior, the smaller ones with rods and the larger with wooden rams suspended from doubled ropes.
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