2-547-453 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Largest perfect bell in the world, Mingun, Burma, 1908. Weighing 90 tons, the bell was cast in 1808-1810 for King Bodawpaya's stupa, Mingun Pahtodawgyi. It was the largest ringing bell in the world until the completion of the 116-ton Bell of Good Luck at the Foquan Temple, Pingdingshan, Henan, China, in 2000. The Mingun Bell does not have a clapper but is rung by striking its outer rim. Stereoscopic card. Detail.