A bronze temple bell with suspension loop (Bo) and coiled and interlaced Dragons, Ming dynasty or older.

Barrel shaped decorated in relief with an intricate archaistic pattern, as well as with archaic script. The first inscription reads 林鐘中聲 (Linzhong zhongsheng). Linzhong 林鐘, a name for ancient musical pitch. In ancient music, there are twelve pitches, and Lin Zhong is one of them. Zhongsheng 中聲 denotes the 'shang' tone among the five tones named in ancient China. Height 31 cm.

Tarnished.