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Bronze bell once belonging to the Emperor Kien Lung: reproduced from Hsi Ch'ing Ku Chien (6), k. 21.
pattern in figure 2 as B. There will be seen a general likeness in the com- position of the pattern out of squarish blocks but it will be noticed that the bell reverses the unit at each successive or apposite repetition. The pattern itself on the bell consists of curves like those of the vase motive, but the bell pat- tern is originally that of a "curling dragon" such as will be found in (11). Plate 68, A. and in more stylized form on the vase with the scroll and claw pattern from the Huai Valley in (11), Plate 81, B. An interesting degrada-
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