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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
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A FINELY CAST BRONZE BELL, BO A BRONZE JAR AND COVER, HU
LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 6TH-5TH CENTURY BC WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
The bo is cast on each side with alternating bands of bosses formed The jar is cast with bands of flower heads, those on the body between
by coiled serpents and bands of dense scrolls on either side of a field narrow borders of interlaced dragons, and is flanked by a pair of taotie
of smilar scrolls, all above a section of stylized dragon scroll. The top masks suspending loose rings. The low, conical cover has similar
is surmounted by an inverted U-shaped handle supported on a pair of decoration and four hooked projections that function as supports when
mythical beasts with backward-turned heads. the cover is inverted. The cast decoration retains traces of black inlay.
8√ in. (22 cm.) high 16Ω in. (42 cm.) high
$30,000-50,000 $18,000-25,000
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1992. Acquired in Hong Kong, 1990.
春秋晚期 青銅盤龍紋獸鈕鎛 戰國 青銅團花紋蓋壺
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