A RARE LARGE BRONZE BELL, BO ZHONG

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$ 70 000
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22.03.2024 09:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 1141 | A RARE LARGE BRONZE BELL, BO ZHONG
A RARE LARGE BRONZE BELL, BO ZHONG

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.
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