Page 283 - 2019 September 13th Christie's New York Important Chinese Works of Art

VARIOUS PROPERTIES
1054
AN UNUSUAL LONGQUAN CELADON BELL
YUAN-MING DYNASTY OR LATER
The bell is carved with a band of the Eight Trigrams between borders of
applied forets, and the rim and the shoulder are carved with wave bands, all
below a handle formed by two mythical beasts, and all covered with a glaze of
soft sea-green color.
8æ in. (23 cm.) high, softwood stand, mallet
$12,000-18,000

PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kansai, prior to the Meiji period (1868-1912).
元/明或以後 龍泉青釉八卦紋鐘

(another view with stand)