Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.151: Ceramic 'chunyu' bell 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"Ceramic 'chunyu' bell , 2006.170.151,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 30, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/173622. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.151 Title Ceramic 'chunyu' bell Other Titles Original Language Title: 戰國 原始瓷錞于 Classification Ritual Implements Work Type bell Date 5th-4th century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Zhejiang Province Period Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/173622 Physical Descriptions Medium Proto-porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze Dimensions H. 36.2 x Diam. 21.5 cm (14 1/4 x 8 7/16 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 2006.170.151 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 circular cross-section, with straight sides rising to rounded shoulders, surmounted by a flat platform top with neatly finished raised edge and thick loop handle of arched form at the center; the open base slightly flared; decorated on shoulders with a double band of twin scroll motifs impressed above an engraved single line border; gray stoneware body covered with a thin olive-green glaze unevenly applied and showing mottled reddish brown coloration in some exposed areas due to oxidation during firing. The form simulates a type of bronze bell known as chunyu, which were hollow, clapper-less, and struck to emit their sounds. Commentary Compare to: (1) Large proto-porcelain bell of closely related form and decoration excavated in 2003-2004 from an early Warring States period (5th-4th century BCE) aristocratic tomb near Mount Bizi, Changxing county, Zhejiang province, now in Changxing County Museum. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 1 (2007): 15, fig. 31 and 32; and Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 9: Zhejiang (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 12. (2) Large proto-porcelain bell of very similar form and decoration attributed to the Warring States period in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco collection (accession no. B60P1823). See He Li, Chinese Ceramics: The New Standard Guide (London: Thames and Hudson, 1996), no. 41, pp. 68 and 109. Publication History Ancient China: Music & Ritual, March 20 to April 7, 2001, auct. cat., J.J. Lally & Co. (New York, NY, 2001), no. 9 Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Related Works 2006.170.152 'Chunyu' Bell with Tiger-Form Handle 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
