Bell
Date1st - 3rd century
Maker
Japanese
Label TextCast in two halves in stone molds, this type of bronze bell (dotaku) features flanges at the top and along the sides. Used as ritual objects, dotaku bells do not have clappers. Bronze was more precious than iron, which was more commonly used in Japan at the time.
Object number51.104
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Japanese Art In The Seattle Art Museum", 1960 (1960)
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "A Thousand Cranes: Treasures Of Japanese Art", February 5 - July 12, 1987 (02/05/1987 - 07/12/1987)
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.Published ReferencesKawano, Kazutaka, Shigeo Iida, Rui Ichimoto, Shogo Osawa, Masanori Kawano, and Ryo Yamamoto. "Survey of Japanese and Oriental Archaeological Works in the Collection of the Seattle Asian Art Museum," MUSEUM, no. 705 (April 2023): 5 (color), 28 (b&w). Tokyo National Museum, 2023.
Cf. 51.40, 51.104, 51.105, 52.119, 56.118, 56.120, 57.39, 59.133, 65.18, 76.35, 88.25, 93.69, 97.1, 99.28.
Seattle Art Museum, Washington, "A Thousand Cranes: Treasures Of Japanese Art", co-publisher Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1987, pp. 16 - 18, ill. p. 17
Fuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 18Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions17 1/2 in. x 15 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (44.5 x 39.37 x 25.72 cm)
MediumBronze
Object number: 2001.157.10
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