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Property from a Private New England Collection
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A RARE LARGE ARCHAIC BRONZE BELL, BO
ZHONG
LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC
14w in. (37.8 cm.) high, velvet base
$70,000-100,000
PROVENANCE:
C. T. Loo, Inc., New York, before 1940.
Ephron Gallery, New York, 1954.
Leon Earl (1894-1956) and Ruth Louise Walmsley (1897-1965) Colvin Collection,
Essex Falls, New Jersey, and thence by descent to the present owner.
EXHIBITED:
Detroit, Michigan, The Detroit Institute of Arts, An Exhibition of Ancient
Chinese Ritual Bronzes Loaned by C. T. Loo, 18 October-10 November 1940.
LITERATURE:
M. W. Riepe and J. M. Menzie, An Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ritual Bronzes
Loaned by C. T. Loo, Detroit, 1940, no. 45, plates III and XXV.
Leon Earl Colvin (1894-1956) with the current bell. Photograph: George B. Biggs, Inc.
-FPO &BSM $PMWJO
與現拍品合照，攝影師：(FPSHF # #JHHT
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新英格蘭私́珍藏 The handle on the present bo zhong consists of a central large serpent
春秋晚期 Ռ元עՍˠ紀末至̩ˠ紀׀ 青銅鎛鐘 seen en face with two bodies, each going up in a bold S-curve and
Ϝ源 wrapping around the necks of two addorsed tigers with backward-turned
盧芹齋，紐☼，1940年ע heads. A very similar handle and similar decoration on the body can be
Ephron藝廊，紐☼，1954年 seen on a bo zhong of smaller size (31.7 cm.) illustrated by B. Karlgren in
Leon Earl Colvin 1894 1956
及Ruth Louise Walmsley Colvin 1897 1965
珍 A Catalogue of the Chinese Bronzes in the Alfred F. Pillsbury Collection,
藏,埃ਫ਼Գ斯瀑布郡，新澤西，後ҷ承至現藏家 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1952, pp. 156-59, no. 58, pls. 81-1. A similar
展覽 handle can also be seen on a massive (67 cm.) bo zhong in the Museum
密歇根底ṁ律，底ṁ律藝術博ḵ館，ǙAn Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ritual of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, illustrated by J. So in Eastern
Bronzes Loaned by C. T. Looǚ，1940年10月18日 11月10日 Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur
֨ḛ M. Sackler Foundation, 1995, p. 377, fig. 77.5. For related large bronze bo
M. W. Riepe 及J. M. Menzie, ǗAn Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ritual Bronzes zhong sold at auction, see the example of smaller size (33 cm.) sold at
Loaned by C. T. Looǘ，底ṁ律，1940年，編號45，圖ḛ3及25 Christie’s New York, 22-23 March 2012, lot 1513, and the example of larger
size (43.7 cm.) sold at Christie’s New York, 13 September 2018, lot 1117.

The present bell and a line drawing of its handle, illustrated in An Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ritual Bronzes Loaned by C. T. Loo, The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1940.
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