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According to the Zhou Li (the Rites of Zhou)
from the Eastern Zhou period, only Kings,
Marquises and other selected aristocratic
groups were entitled to possess such bronze
bells, and the number of sets allowed varied
according to different Royal titles.

See a single bronze bell, Western Zhou
period, illustrated in Collections of the Palace
Museum: Bronzes, Taipei, 2007, p.136, no.90.

See also a slightly larger archaic bronze bell,
early Western Zhou dynasty, which was sold
at Bonhams Hong Kong, 1 December 2020,
lot 1.

431
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD
VESSEL AND COVER, GUI
Western Zhou Dynasty
The beehive-shaped vessel and cover cast
with horizontal concentric tiers and standing
on a wide spreading foot, the domed cover
with a flaring finial pierced with two apertures,
the tapering shoulder applied with a pair of
plain loop handles, the interior of the cover
impressed with three pictograms.
26cm (10 2/8in) wide. (2).

£1,200 - 1,500
CNY11,000 - 14,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

西周 青銅簋

The inscription may be read as: ‘敏作寶’, 430
which may be translated as ‘Min made [this]
treasure’.

See a similar bronze ritual vessel illustrated
in Bronzes in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
1999, no.160; see also an example unearthed
at Beidaogou, Sipo village, Lantian County,
Shaanxi Province, and now in the collection
of the Shaanxi Provincial Museum, illustrated
by Ma Chengyuan, Ancient Chinese Bronzes,
Oxford, 1986, pl.50.

431

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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