Set of Graded Po Bells with Coiled Ch’ih Dragon Décor (蟠螭紋編鎛)
Resource Identifier:
R020023-020027
Description:
These fourteen po bells can be divided into two groups according to their size and decoration. In the large five bells coiled ch’ih dragons were employed while interlaced snakes decorate the smaller nine bells. These two sets of graded po bells are finely made and of excellent quality.
Date:
771-221 B.C.
Format:
Maximum height 47.6, minimum height 32.4 cm.