Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.152: 'Chunyu' Bell with Tiger-Form Handle Ritual Implements Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"'Chunyu' Bell with Tiger-Form Handle , 2006.170.152,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 30, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/173593. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.152 Title 'Chunyu' Bell with Tiger-Form Handle Other Titles Original Language Title: 戰國 青銅錞于 Classification Ritual Implements Work Type bell Date 5th-3rd century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Sichuan province Period Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/173593 Physical Descriptions Medium Cast bronze with incised decoration Dimensions H. 45 x Diam. 23.7 cm (17 11/16 x 9 5/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, March 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.152 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Tall upright form with oval cross-section, with sides rising to wide, rounded shoulders, surmounted by a flat platform top with neatly finished raised edge and a figure of a tiger at the center for the handle; the stylized feline with long tail and wide jaws, fitted with a collar and decorated with finely detailed linear scroll motifs; three pictograms cast into the flat top, including antlered figures in a boat, a fish, and a human mask, the smooth surface with dark olive green patina. Much like a musical gong, chunyu bells are struck to emit their sounds. Commentary Compare to: (1) Nearly identical bronze bell with handle in the form of a tiger excavated in 1972 from a Warring States period earthen pit tomb near Xiaotian Creek, Fuling District, Sichuan province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 5 (1974): 73, fig. 21. (2) Closely related bronze bell of this type excavated in 1989 from a Warring States period site at Pengshan, Tonglexiang, Sichuan province. See Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji [Compendium of Chinese Bronzes], vol. 13: no. 186, p. 170. Publication History Ancient China: Music & Ritual, March 20 to April 7, 2001, auct. cat., J.J. Lally & Co. (New York, NY, 2001), no. 10 Related Works 2006.170.151 Ceramic 'chunyu' bell Ritual Implements Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
