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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

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A DOCUMENTARY BRONZE BELL AND AN ARCHAIC BRONZE WINE VESSEL, A RITUAL BRONZE WINE VESSEL, JUE
HONGMU STAND GU Shang Dynasty
The bell, dated Qianlong and of the period; Probably Late Shang Dynasty Or typical form, set on three tapering blade
the hongmu stand, 19th century The waisted vessel rising from a splayed form legs, the body with a beast mask and
The bell cast in archaistic style with a twin lower section, resting on a cylindrical foot, loop handle, cast with cruciform motifs, three
dragon loop handle, the boded cast with decorated with raised bosses on a leiwen flanges and taotie designs, below formal leaf
alternating bosses and trigram motif and ground, the bulbous mid-section cast with a lappets, the rim with upright posts supporting
inscriptions, flanked by two flanges; together pair of taotie masks centred with a low flange floral terminals.
with a hardwood and cloth drum stick and on a leiwen ground enclosed within ribbed 19cm (7 1.2in) high
an openwork carved hongmu stand. The bands with two small cruciforms to either
inscriptions read: Dated in 1741, made and side, all below a wide flaring trumpet neck, £800 - 1,000
inspected by Zhi pan long of Dongchangfu the base interior with a single pictogram, HK$6,800 - 8,500
District; holy temple instruments. The bell: fitted box. 24cm (9 3/8in) high CNY6,200 - 7,700
21.5cm (8 1/2in) high; the stand: 63cm (12
3/4in) high (3). £3,000 - 5,000 Provenance
HK$25,000 - 42,000 Mark Dineley (1901-1975)
£1,000 - 1,500 CNY23,000 - 39,000 Peter Dineley (1938-2018), and thence by
HK$8,500 - 13,000 descent
CNY7,700 - 12,000 Provenance
To be sold without reserve Gifted to the current owner from the Estate of
Christmas Humphreys, QC.

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