Fine Chinese Works of Art - 13th November 2018
Lot 206
A CHINESE BRONZE BELL WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY Cast as a flattened circular sphere with a halo raised...
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1300
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Description
A CHINESE BRONZE BELL
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
Cast as a flattened circular sphere with a halo raised on a rectangular-section plinth, 17cm.
Provenance: purchased from Bluett & Son Ltd.
Cf. J Harrison-Hall, China, a History in Objects, p.47, no.5 for an almost identical jingle bell in the collection of the British Museum, London, museum accession no.1936,1118.70.