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Chinese bronze bell in the form of a frog

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An image of Bronze bell in the form of a hollow frog, possibly from a harness. Bronze, height 4.1 cm, width 2.2 cm. Tang Dynasty (618-907). Chinese.

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Bronze bell in the form of a hollow frog, possibly from a harness. Bronze, height 4.1 cm, width 2.2 cm. Tang Dynasty (618-907). Chinese.

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  • Accession Number: O.214-1946
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/45.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Mark Box
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 597.24kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 45/1
  • Captured: 2012:01:04 10:07:18

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amphibian bell bronze Chinese Fitz_AA frogs green hollow jingle patina patinated patination T'ang Dynasty Tang Dynasty

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