A pottery bell, yongzhong, Eastern Zhou dynasty | 東周　灰陶甬鐘

modelled in the shape of its contemporary bronze bells, of pointed oval section with the two sides rising up in an arc, set on each side with rows of evenly distributed bosses, divided by two horizontal bands of scrollwork and one vertical undecorated band, all above a short band of scrollwork, the flat top similarly decorated with scrolls, surmounted by a tall tapering tubular shaft with a bulged mid-section issuing a loop handle, below two bands of crosses and a chevron border, wood stand and Japanese wood box

25.9 cm