Bell (Lai Zhong)
A bronze ritual bell with a tall tubular stem at top, its surface covered in green patina. Raised bosses sit in rows over bands of curled spiral motifs, a column of cast inscription runs down the center, and a large animal mask fills the lower section.
Look closer: A cast inscription in a central vertical panel, running between the rows of bosses.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 800–700 BCE
- Medium
- bronze
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 2597 × 3400 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date -690).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund