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Lot 65
Sale 3760 - Asian Arts
Mar 14, 2015
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$100,000 -
150,000
Price Realized
$600,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A rare and important Chinese gilt bronze ritual bell, Bianzhong qianlong period
of slightly flattened barrel form, surmounted by a cloud-form handle flanked by two arches and above a smaller square handle, cast to body with four vertical panels, the two at sides showing dragons and the two above striking areas displaying blank cartouches above lotus bases and framed with lingzhi, topmost horizontal band centered by phoenix and dragon turtle verso, five lower horizontal bands alternate rows of raised bosses and flames or waves corresponding to the phoenix or dragon turtle sides respectively, the flat top showing two phoenix and two cranes among clouds.
H: 11 in., 28 cm