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<em>Bell</em>, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view01.jpg)
Bell, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view01.jpg)
<em>Bell</em>, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view01.jpg)

Bell, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view01.jpg)

<em>Bell</em>, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view02.jpg)

Bell, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view02.jpg)

<em>Bell</em>, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view03.jpg)

Bell, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view03.jpg)

<em>Bell</em>, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view04.jpg)

Bell, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view04.jpg)

<em>Bell</em>, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view05.jpg)

Bell, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view05.jpg)

<em>Bell</em>, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view06.jpg)

Bell, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view06.jpg)

<em>Bell</em>, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view07.jpg)

Bell, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view07.jpg)

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Bell

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Bronze
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES 30 C.E.-395 C.E.
    PERIOD Roman Period (or later)
    DIMENSIONS 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.580.121
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Bronze bell. Base oblong resting on four short legs. Sides flat and taper to curved top. Large loop handle divided in center by depression on top of bell. Outer ends of handle curved. Front face of bell decorated with incised grapevine. In very high relief in upper center of front face, male genitals. Other sides undecorated. Condition: Now excellent. Heavy stationary loop across top of interior. To this is plain ring apparently as clapper.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Bell, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view01.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.580.121_view01.jpg., 2020
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    <em>Bell</em>, 30 C.E.-395 C.E. Bronze, 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in. (12 × 7.8 × 6.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.121. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.121_view01.jpg)

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