A RARE IMPERIAL GILT-BRONZE RITUAL BELL, BIAN ZHONG

Lot 932
23.03.2023 08:30UTC -05:00
Classic
Vendu
$ 478 800
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementEtats-Unis, New York
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Lot 932 | A RARE IMPERIAL GILT-BRONZE RITUAL BELL, BIAN ZHONG
Valeur estimée
$ 400 000 – 600 000
A RARE IMPERIAL GILT-BRONZE RITUAL BELL, BIAN ZHONG

KANGXI PERIOD, DATED BY CAST INCRIPTION TO 1713

Heavily cast in barrel form, the bell is decorated in high relief with horizontal bands of bosses alternating with the Daoist Trigrams flanking four vertical panels, one panel enclosing the reign date Kangxi wushier nian zhi, ‘made in the fifty-second year of Kangxi’, one with three characters bei wuyi, denoting its tone, and two panels filled with archaistic dragon motifs, all above a band of large flat discs. The flat top is surmounted by a suspension handle formed by two addorsed dragons.

12 in. (30.5 cm.) high





Provenance

J. J. Lally & Co., New York.
Adresse de l'enchère CHRISTIE'S
20 Rockefeller Plaza
10020 New York
Etats-Unis
Aperçu
23.03.2023 – 23.03.2023
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Service de messagerie
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Modes de paiement Virement bancaire
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