浙江黄岩委羽山北宋大晟钟考

On the Dasheng Bell of the Northern Song Dynasty at Mount Weiyu

黄岩委羽山大有宫藏有一件北宋时期的铜钟,现存放于黄岩县博物馆。根据对铜钟形制、纹饰、铭文等方面的考证,证实该钟是北宋大晟编钟中流散民间的一件,类型上可归入大型钟一类,这是迄今为止浙江发现的第2件大晟钟,也是体型最大的一件。综合文献内容和相关史实,推测黄岩大晟钟的入藏时间应在宋、金以后。

A Northern Song Dynasty bronze bell,which wasin the collection of the Dayou Palace in Mount Weiyu,is now in the Huangyan County Museum.According to its form,pattern and inscriptions,this bell should originally have been part ofthe Northern-Song Dasheng chime-bell set.The bell is the second Dasheng bell found in Zhengjiang,and the largest one so far.Typologically,it could be classified into the large ones.Combing historical records,the Dasheng bell at Huangyan should have become part of the collection after the Song and Jin dynasties.