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A LARGE ARCHAISTIC BARREL-SHAPED BRONZE BELL The inscription on the top, Zun Qi Wan Nian Zi Sun Yong Bao Yong,
Yuan/Ming dynasty can be read as ‘This vessel for his sons and grandsons for many
Under a light overall malachite toned patina in imitation of burial generations to treasure and use for 10,000 years eternity’. Interestingly
encrustation and cast in low relief with a wide taotie register on a the inscription refers to a zun-form vessel and not a bell, zhong. The
leiwen ground set between key-pattern archaistic-dragon bands and craftsmen it seems utilized an inscription from an archaic bronze of
large bosses at the tapered top and bottom, a double-headed arched another form.
dragon handle astride the top and with a cast inscription to the flat
top. For an example of an archaic prototype for the current lot, see a
13 ½in (34.2cm) high Warring States bell, bo sold Christie’s, New York, 24th September
2020, lot 1513.
$3,000 - 5,000
元/明 饕餮紋銅鐘
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