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Einar Wikander's residence in Sweden        The current bell in Einar Wikander's residence in Sweden
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         AN EXTREMELY RARE AND LARGE                       ᒞᨎ᢯˖ໞ䢰    䢱   㘍᚝㝬
         ‘INSCRIBED’ BRONZE TEMPLE BELL                       Ǘ⟖ᮘതǘǍǗ૰ᒞᨎ᢯˖ໞՌᕖᢍݭ๽㒵∔㐥ǘ㘞
         HONGWU 3RD YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1370 AND OF THE   ϝᬝ
         PERIOD
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         The bell is heavily cast in ovoid form, surmounted by a double-  கណ႙☶႙הᛞ㐟ݣ卿ᇌᙻ།ᚉԋ᱁۔
         headed dragon loop handle, above a band of lotus petals cast in
         relief. The body is decorated with four cartouches, each enclosing
         a dragon in relief, with two inscriptions under a flaming pearl,
         ‘Daming Hongwu sannian bayue qinming gongbu duzao’, By imperial
         command, supervised by the Bureau of Works in the eighth
         month of the third year of the Hongwu reigin, (corresponding to
         1370) and Luohansi (Luohan temple).
         30 in. (77 cm.) high., wood stand
         HK$1,500,000-2,500,000        US$200,000-320,000

         PROVENANCE
         Einar Wikander (1872-1944), Sweden, acquired in Berlin between
         1894-1917 where he worked as a civil engineer, thence by descent
         within the family
























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