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Bronze Bell (bo) at The British Museum, London

Title
Bronze bell, bo


Artist
Unknown


Date
Eastern Zhou period, 6th-5th century BC


Medium
Bronze bell, bo


Dimensions
x


Accession #
OA 1965.6-12.1


Credit
Brooke Sewell Fund



This bronze bell is known as a bo. It is decorated with dragons swallowing geese and has a handle in the shape of two dragons. It required great skill to make a bo and bells of similar size were not made in the west until a thousand years later. This bo would have been part of a set of bells of different sizes each playing different notes. It is played with a hammer and plays two different notes depending on where it is struck. This bell was made at the beginning of the Warring States period - a time of political fragmentation and moral crisis in China. It was in this turmoil that the Chinese political philosopher Confucius developed his philosophy. Confucius had one overwhelming message: if we are to achieve a state of orderliness and peace, we need to return to traditional values of virtue. Confucius was also a keen musician and saw in music the harmony he wanted to achieve in society.
 

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