Chinese bronze bell in the form of a frog

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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