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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
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Idiophones
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