ID 1164857
Lot 1141 | A RARE LARGE BRONZE BELL, BO ZHONG
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000
LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC
14 7⁄8 in. (37.8 cm.) high, velvet base
Provenance
C. T. Loo, Inc., New York, before 1940.
Ephron Gallery, New York, 1954.
Leon Earl (1894-1956) and Ruth Louise Walmsley (1897-1965) Colvin Collection, Essex Falls, New Jersey, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
M. W. Riepe and J. M. Menzie, An Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ritual Bronzes Loaned by C. T. Loo, Detroit, 1940, no. 45, plates III and XXV.
Exhibited
Detroit, Michigan, The Detroit Institute of Arts, An Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ritual Bronzes Loaned by C. T. Loo, 18 October-10 November 1940.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Zhou dynasty (1100-256 BC) |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Zhou dynasty (1100-256 BC) |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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