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Densho (殿鐘)

Unknown Artist

ca. 1856

Medium

Leaded Bronze (trace of antimony)

Dimensions

H. 14 1/4 × Diam. 8 1/2 in. (36.2 × 21.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Classification

Idiophone-Struck-bell-without clapper

Department

Musical Instruments

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo

Rights

Public Domain

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