A FINELY CAST BRONZE BELL, ZHONG

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$ 50 000
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23.09.2022 08:30UTC -04:00
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Lot 831 | A FINELY CAST BRONZE BELL, ZHONG
A FINELY CAST BRONZE BELL, ZHONG

WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH CENTURY BC

The bell of elliptical section is decorated on each side with a central vertical panel of dragon scroll dividing two quadrangular panels outlined by raised thin borders, each enclosing three horizontal rows of three rounded bosses cast as coiled serpents alternating with dragon scrolls, all above a broad band with further dragon scroll. The flat top is similarly decorated beneath the handle formed by a pair of addorsed dragons joined by an inverted U-shaped bar.

7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) high, jumu stand





Provenance

Private collection, Paris.

Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 27 October 1978, lot 75.

Spink and Son, Ltd., London.

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