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Zhong (suspension bell)
Zhong (suspension bell)

Zhong (suspension bell)

Date5th - 3rd century B.C.
Object number40.12
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective", December 22, 2007 - July 26, 2009 (12/22/2007 - 7/26/2009) Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Gift to a City: Masterworks from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum", cat. # 12Published References"Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 454 (b&w) "Gift to a City" exhibition catalogue. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, cat. no. 12
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions9 1/4 x 6 3/8 in. (23.5 x 16.2 cm)
MediumBronze
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Chinese
771-221 B.C.
Object number: 87.43
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Chinese
early 6th-mid 3rd century B.C.
Object number: 49.62
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Chinese
960-1279
Object number: 52.130
Chinese
1st millennium B.C.
Object number: 50.130
Chinese
10th century - early 8th century B.C.
Object number: 47.124
Temple Bell
Thai
13th-18th century
Object number: 68.9
Bell
Japanese
1st - 3rd century
Object number: 51.104
Photo: Susan A. Cole
Japanese
12 - 13th century
Object number: 49.237
"Ghanta"; bell
ca. 8th century - 9th century
Object number: 54.52
Bell
Italian (Genoa)
late 15th century
Object number: 56.206
Bell surmounted by an animal
18th century
Object number: 68.52
Object number: 2001.157.10