Bell (Niu Zhong) in the style of an Eastern Zhou model

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The object depicted here is a green, bronze bell. The bell has a handle on top with a rectangular hole in the middle. The body of the bell is shaped like a trapezoid with rounded edges, wider at the bottom than at the top. It features a raised rectangular panel on the front, flanked by two panels with horizontal lines and raised dots. The bell's surface exhibits a green patina with areas of brown showing through. The background of the image transitions from dark gray at the top to light gray at the bottom. Niu Zhong's Bell.