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Dotaku (Bronze Bell)

Dotaku (Bronze Bell). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 43 1/2 in. (110.5 cm). Date: 1st-2nd century. Produced during the late Yayoi period, the distinctive clapperless Japanese bronze bells known as dotaku are thought to derive from earlier, smaller Korean examples that adorned horses and other domesticated animals. Dotaku were buried, singly, in pairs, and in large groups--occasionally with bronze mirrors and weapons--in isolated locations, often on hilltops, perhaps to ensure a community's agricultural fertility. Later dotaku had relatively thin walls and would not have resonated, so it assumed their purpose was primarily ritual.
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Title:
Dotaku (Bronze Bell)
Caption:
Dotaku (Bronze Bell). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: H. 43 1/2 in. (110.5 cm). Date: 1st-2nd century. Produced during the late Yayoi period, the distinctive clapperless Japanese bronze bells known as dotaku are thought to derive from earlier, smaller Korean examples that adorned horses and other domesticated animals. Dotaku were buried, singly, in pairs, and in large groups--occasionally with bronze mirrors and weapons--in isolated locations, often on hilltops, perhaps to ensure a community's agricultural fertility. Later dotaku had relatively thin walls and would not have resonated, so it assumed their purpose was primarily ritual.
Technique/material:
BRONZE
Period:
Yayoi period (ca. 300 B. C. -A. D. 300)
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
3161 x 4094 px | 37.0 MB
Print size:
26.8 x 34.7 cm | 10.5 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ARTFORM: BRONZEWORK • ASIA • ASIAN ART • BELLS • BRONCE • BRONZE BRASS • BRONZE • BRONZES • COPPER ALLOY • JAPAN • METAL • METALWORK • METALWORKS • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • YAYOI PERIOD (CA. 300 B. C. -A. D. 300)