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Bell (yinqing)

19th century
Object Place: China

Medium/Technique Bronze, bamboo
Dimensions Length 29.4 cm, diameter 4.9 cm (Length 11 9/16 in., diameter 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2135
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsIdiophones

InscriptionsPainted inside bell: [two Chinese characters}
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)

Three tones
Performed by Darcy Kuronen