NMM 2433. Zhong, China, ca. 1965. Bronze bell with integral handle; red sash. Bells of this type are among the oldest instruments excavated in mainland China, dating to the Warring States Period (481-221 BC) of the Zhou dynasty. Bell production, a tradition that has continued to the present day, employs an alloy of three-parts copper to one-part tin. Played individually or in sets suspended on wooden frames. Struck externally with wooden beater. Engraved on one side with a phoenix and on the other, a dragon. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.