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Bell (yinqing)
19th century
Object Place: Possibly Xintai, China
Medium/Technique
Bronze, wood
Dimensions
Length 27.9 cm, diameter 5.9 cm (Length 11 in., diameter 2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2134
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Idiophones
InscriptionsStamped 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