Dōtaku: Ritual Bell

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Dōtaku: Ritual Bell

Alternate Title: Dōtaku

Japan, Yayoi period, circa 2nd century
Metal
Bronze
43 x 13 in. (109.2 x 33.0 cm)
Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund (M.58.9.3)
Japanese Art
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Mayuyama, seventy years = 龍泉集芳 : 創業七十周年記念. Tokyo: Mayuyama & Co., 1976.

  • Inoue, Yōichi and Minoru Morita, eds. Yayoi Kofun Jidai: Seidō Garasu Seihin. Tōkyō: Shōgakukan, 2003.