A LARGE IMPERIAL GILT-BRONZE ARCHAISTIC TEMPLE BELL, BIANZHONG

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30.05.2024 10:30UTC +08:00
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HKD 441 000
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Los 2951 | A LARGE IMPERIAL GILT-BRONZE ARCHAISTIC TEMPLE BELL, BIANZHONG
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A LARGE IMPERIAL GILT-BRONZE ARCHAISTIC TEMPLE BELL, BIANZHONG
DATED QIANLONG TENTH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1745, AND OF THE PERIOD

The bell is heavily cast in high relief with alternating decorative bands enclosing bosses and stylised trigrams, separated by bowstring borders interrupted on two sides by a rectangular panel enclosing an inscribed tablet raised on a lotus base and surrounded by ruyi scroll. One panel is inscribed with the seven-character mark, Da Qing Qianlong shinian zhi, corresponding to 1745; the other side is inscribed with three characters, Bei yi ze. The lowest register is cast with two large discs separating pairs of archaistic motifs. The flat top of the bell is surmounted by a four-sided fretwork handle.

12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high




Provenance

Sold at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2000, lot 167
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