Pole Top with Double Bird-Shaped Bell (one of pair)

6th/4th century B.C.

Northern China or Inner Mongolia

Status: On View, Gallery 132
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Pole Top with Double Bird-Shaped Bell (one of pair)
Place: Northern China (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 599 BCE–400 BCE
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 19.2 × 10.5 cm (7 1/2 × 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1937.330
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