ID: 700008847 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008847	Record Type: Movable Work
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Bell of Zhou (zhong (bells); artists: unknown Zhou; patron: King Li of Zhou; ca. 857/842 BCE; National Palace Museum (Taipei, Taibei, Taiwan))

Note: Considered among the most important musical instruments cast under the royal decree of King Li of Zhou. In the Zhou Dynasty, bronze bells emerged. Perhaps the oldest class is a small clappered bell called ling (鈴), but the best known is certainly the zhong (鐘), a suspended, clapperless bell. The long and remarkable inscription on this bell relates how King Li of the Western Zhou Dynasty led a successful military campaign against the southern states.

Titles:

Bell of Zhou (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Zong Zhou Zhong (Bell of Zhou) (C,U,English,U,U)

宗周鐘 (C,U,Chinese,U,U)

Cloche zhong dite Zong Zhou (C,U,French,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

zhong (bells) [300404743] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Sound Devices (hierarchy name), sound devices (equipment), <sound devices by acoustical characteristics>, idiophones, struck idiophones, directly struck idiophones, percussion idiophones, percussion idiophones: hollow-bodied, <bells and sets of bells>, bells (idiophones))

bronze (visual work) [300047333]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, metalwork (visual works))

Classifications:

ceremonial (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 857/842 BCE

Creator Display:

artists: unknown Zhou; patron: King Li of Zhou [preferred,VP]

patron Li of Zhou, King (Chinese king, died 828 BCE) [500372590]

artists unknown Zhou (Zhou cultural designation) [500204615]

Locations:

Current: National Palace Museum (Taipei, Taibei, Taiwan) [500309392] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Display Materials: cast bronze

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

	casting (process) [300053104]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, forming (physical activity))

Dimensions: H: 65,6 cm; W: central section: 23,1 cm, W: 30 cm; weight: 34,9 kg

Cultures:

Zhou (preferred)

Chinese

General Subject:

ceremonial objects (preferred,isness)

utilitarian objects (isness)

musical

Specific Subjects:

	King Li of Zhou (Chinese king, died 828 BCE) [500372590]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	ceremonial sound devices [300312157]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Sound Devices (hierarchy name), sound devices (equipment), <sound devices by function>) (AAT)

	Chinese (language) [300388113]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, <temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems>) (AAT)

	military campaign [300379125]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, campaigns) (AAT)

Inscriptions: The lower part (which is struck with a mallet ) of this bell almond section, is decorated with two animal mask motifs framing an inscription in seal script. Above and on each side of both sides of an inscription in seal script inscribed in a vertical cartridge, alternate three rows of three buttons ( that mitigated interference between notes ) and two grounds kui dragons. The inscription relates how King Li of the Western Zhou Dynasty led a successful military campaign against the southern states, and gave orders to the twenty- six states and the Nan Yi Dong Yi Zhou to pay tribute to the sovereign. He decided to mark the significance of his victory by melting the bell and dedicating it to the glory of Shangdi, gods, and souls sovereign Zhou deceased, praying to grant him the blessing and protection.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Additional Notes:

French ..... La partie inférieure (que l'on frappait avec un maillet) de cette cloche de section en amande, est décorée de deux motifs de masque animalier encadrant une inscription en sigillaire. Au-dessus et sur chaque face, de part et d'autre d'une inscription en sigillaire inscrite dans un cartouche vertical, alternent trois rangées de trois boutons (qui atténuaient les interférences entre les notes) et deux motifs de dragons kui. L'inscription relate comment le roi Li de la dynastie des Zhou occidentaux mena une expédition militaire victorieuse contre les états méridionaux, et donna l'ordre aux vingt-six états des Nan Yi et des Dong Yi de payer tribut au souverain Zhou. Il décida de marquer l'importance de sa victoire en faisant fondre cette cloche et en la dédiant à la gloire de Shangdi, des dieux, et des âmes des souverains Zhou défunts, les priant de lui accorder leur bénédiction et leur protection.

Sources and Contributors:
Bell of Zhou	........ [VP]
	........ National Palace Museum, Taiwan [online] (2008-)
Zong Zhou Zhong (Bell of Zhou)	........ [VP]
	........ National Palace Museum, Taiwan [online] (2008-)
宗周鐘	........ [VP]
	........ National Palace Museum, Taiwan [online] (2008-)
Cloche zhong dite Zong Zhou	........ [VP]
	........ National Palace Museum, Taiwan [online] (2008-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... National Palace Museum, Taiwan [online] (2008-)
French	..... [VP]
	..... National Palace Museum, Taiwan [online] (2008-) Yu Kuo-ching, http://www.npm.gov.tw/fr/Article.aspx?sNo=04001042&print=1