Music and dance

Music and dance, China

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Bo bell

Bronze bo bell, China, Shaanxi, Eastern Zhou, 5th Century BC 

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This bronze bell is known as a bo. It has a handle in the shape of two dragons. It is played with a hammer and plays two different notes depending on where it is struck.

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Probably this is the component of a Bianzhong (simplified Chinese: 编钟; traditional Chinese: 編鐘), an ancient Chinese musical instrument consisting of a set of bronze bells. Below the Bianzhong of the Marquis Yi of Zeng.

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Watchtower

Model of a watchtower, Henan, Eastern Han, second half of the 2nd century AD

Beige-pinkish earthenware with a pale green glaze

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Buddha and lions

"The Throne is both a reference to Siddharta Gautama's royal ancestry and to the idea of spiritual kingship - enlightenment as ruler of the spiritual world. ...  Sometimes the base of the throne is decorated with other symbols such as lions and deer, both associated with the Buddha's teachings."

http://viewonbuddhism.org/general_symbols_buddhism.html

Il Buddha siede su un trono sorretto da tre leoni, che poggia a sua volta su un piedistallo fiancheggiato da due devoti monaci. La veste monastica dalle pieghe accuratamente disegnate e priva di cintura rivela il corpo ben modellato. Il lembo dello scialle scende dalla spalla sinistra terminando in un doppia “coda di pesce”.

Il leone in questa iconografia evoca il suo ruggito (simhanada) ossia la voce del Buddha che penetra lo spazio divulgando la Dottrina.

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Soul jar

A hunping is a  "soul jar", a ceramic funerary  urn) often found in the tombs of the Han Dynasty of China.
The hunping is somewhat enigmatic artifact: probably, it was believed the soul of the deceased eventually resided in the vessel. Some tops of hunping vessels are decorated with miniatures of men, animals, birds,and even images of  buildings.

Zhejiang (Shangyu kilns), Western Jin, late III - early IV Century AD

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