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An archaic bronze bell
417 Western Zhou Dynasty
446 | Bonhams Typically cast in two sections each with an arching rims at the bottom
and cast with two panels each containing three rows of three bosses,
each row separated by stylised scrolls, the handle set into the top surface
also with decorative scrolls.
33cm (13in) high
£7,000 - 10,000
HK$82,000 - 120,000 CNY66,000 - 94,000

西周 青銅宗周鐘

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A bronze container with a bull-head cover
Han Dynasty
The ovoid vessel with a flattened foot elongated neck with an inscription
on one side and rising to the neck capped with a circular cover shaped
as a broad-snouted animal-head with a small ring linking a short chain
to a further large ring attached to the C-shaped handle topped with an
arching animal-head finial.
23cm (9in) long
£4,000 - 6,000
HK$47,000 - 71,000 CNY38,000 - 56,000

漢 青铜牛形虎子

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An archaic wine container and cover
Han Dynasty
Of square section and raised on a slightly flaring foot, the sides una-
dorned except for two taotie-mask loose-ring handles, the square facet-
ted cover with an animal-like finial at the centre of each side.
40.8cm (16 1/8in) high
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000 CNY28,000 - 47,000

漢 青铜饕餮耳方壺

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An archaic bronze hanging jar and cover
Warring States
The bottle-shaped jar with four bands around the body each cast with
two rows of stylised scrolls, the neck with lappets pointing upwards en-
closing scrolls flanked by two rings each linking two chains attached to
the arched handle, the chains passing on each side through two further
rings attached to the gently domed cover.
The vase and cover 34cm (13 3/8in) high
£4,000 - 6,000
HK$47,000 - 71,000 CNY38,000 - 56,000

戰國 青铜提梁壺

Compare a very similar vase dated to the Warring States period in the
Poly Art Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Tulu, Vol.1, Bei-
jing, 2000, p.225.

417 Inscription