LOT 217 A large archaistic barrel-shaped bronze bell
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Yuan/Ming dynastyUnder a light overall malachite toned patina in imitation of burial encrustation and cast in low relief with a wide taotie register on a leiwen ground set between key-pattern archaistic-dragon bands and large bosses at the tapered top and bottom, a double-headed arched dragon handle astride the top and with a cast inscription to the flat top. 13 ½in (34.2cm) high,转到 Chinese Works of Art
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注脚:元/明 饕餮紋銅鐘The inscription on the top, Zun Qi Wan Nian Zi Sun Yong Bao Yong, can be read as 'This vessel for his sons and grandsons for many generations to treasure and use for 10,000 years eternity'. Interestingly the inscription refers to a zun-form vessel and not a bell, zhong. The craftsmen it seems utilized an inscription from an archaic bronze of another form.For an example of an archaic prototype for the current lot, see a Warring States bell, bo sold Christie's, New York, 24th September 2020, lot 1513.
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