Po Bell with Phoenix Tie
A set of four graded po in the same type and pattern was excavated at the Li-chia-lou Tomb in Hsincheng County. The one in exhibition weights 130kg, being graded as the second in the set, is the biggest po bell stored in Taiwan. The zhuan and ku of this bell are decorated with sinuous two-head k'uei dragon pattern, and the hanger is an openwork of k'uei phoenix, which is the pattern feature in the Spring and Autumn period.
- Item No.
- h0000273
- Period
- 771-221 B.C.
- Dimensions
- Height 95.7cm, length 58.5 cm
- Excavated/Findspot
- Li-chia-lou Tomb in Hsincheng of Honan Province
- Materials
- 青銅
- Notes
- 國立歷史博物館藏品
