CHBL5)
CHINA, HAN?, c. 200 BC-200 AD, bronze bell, 43x34x24mm,
oval mouth, rectangular face, the wide sides each pierced with 2 triangular
holes, rectangular handle, the clapper was a stone on a string, nice
brown surface from fresh water immersion, F $21.00
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CHBL2)
CHINA, bronze bell, decorated with seal script legend &
dragons, fuzzy 4 character maker mark inside contains "Jia,"
maybe S. Song, 1201 AD, more likely Ming or Qing? Meant to be mounted
in a frame & struck with a mallet, hence no clapper, 92x90mm (3.5x3.75"),
369g, 2 solder spots on top from a handle which was added later &
then removed, nicer than the one I had early in 2002, F $133.00
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