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Bell (bo) with four tigers Drum (git) with abstract zoomorphic designs

Western Zhou period (ca. 1100-771 bce) Shang period (ca. 1600-ca. 1100 bce)
Bronze; h. 44.3 x w. 39.6 cm
Palace Museum, Beijing Bronze; h. 75.5 cm, diam. of drum 39.5 cm

Found in 1977 in Chongyang county, Hubei Province
Hubei Provincial Museum, Wuhan