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PROPERTY FROM THE ALAN AND SIMONE
HARTMAN COLLECTION
309
AN ARCHAIC RITUAL BRONZE BELL, YONG
Eastern Zhou Dynasty
Of lenticular shape with a flat top and beveled
rim, each side cast with a plain panel flanked by
rows of three bosses alternating stylized 'dragon'
patterns, the lower register with a mirror image
of intwined dragons, the top flat, the handle with
collars between 'dragon' panels above a raised
band which projects a tiger head to form a ring, the
two-line inscriptions of 16- and 11-character incised
on either side of the central panel, the bronze with
smooth patina and encrusted earth.
16 1/4in (41.2cm) high
$5,000 - 8,000

東周 青銅龍紋甬鐘

A bronze yong bell of closely related entwined
dragon design is illustrated by Jenny F. So, Eastern
Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler
Collections, Volume III, New York, 1995, pp. 378-
381, no. 78, described as Eastern Zhou: late Spring
and Autumn period, early 5th century B.C.
Compare the closely related bronze yong bell with
entwined dragon design, from the Avery Brundage
Collection and now in the collection of the Asian Art
Museum of San Francisco, illustrated by Lefebvre
d'Argence, Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Avery
Brundage Collection, Berkley, 1966, pp. 102-
103, Plate XLVI-A, noted by the author that "its
components rely almost entirely on prototypes that
can be traced back to the late Western Chou period
..., but its decor is similar to that of a typical Early
Warring States bell."

X-radiography of this lot is available upon request.

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