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A RARE IMPERIAL GILT-BRONZE ARCHAISTIC RITUAL BELL,
BIANZHONG
Qianlong mark and of the period, dated to the 10th year,
corresponding to AD1745
Heavily cast with rounded sides and suspended from a gilt handle
formed by geometric scrolls, the body decorated in relief with five
alternating bands of stylised trigrams and spiralling bosses, interrupted
on each side by a rectangular panel, each enclosing an inscribed
tablet bordered by ruyi-head scrolls and above a small waisted lotus
base, one tablet inscribed with a seven-character mark, 大清乾隆拾年
製, ‘made in the 10th year of the Qianlong emperor’s reign’, the other
with a two-character mark, 夾鐘 jia zhong , which relates to a classical
pitch, the lower body above the base with pairs of archaistic motifs
flanking two large plain circular cartouches, later wood stand.
29.6cm (11 5/8in) high (2).
HK$1,200,000 - 1,500,000
US$150,000 - 190,000
清乾隆 銅鎏金如意鈕「夾鐘」編鐘 「大清乾隆拾年製」楷書款
Provenance 來源:
A European private collection
歐洲私人收藏

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