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Lidded Ornament in the Form of a Buddhist Temple Bell梵鐘形彫金ブロンズ蓋物Meiji era (1868–1912), late 19th centuryCast in the form of a bell, the dark-brown patinated bronze chiseled and decorated in gold, silver, shakudō, shibuichi, and copper depicting a dragon amongst raging waves and clouds, a lotus motif on either wide, with a band of formal lappet ornament inlaid in gold around the base, the domed lid with gold lappets and raised bosses imitating those on a real bell, surmounted by a handle in the form of a double-dragon head in gold with an inlaid shakudō eye, signed on the base with chiseled and gilt characters Kyōto Inoue sei 京都井上製 (Manufactured by Inoue of Kyoto) Height 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm)