Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 21st May 2019
Lot 67
A CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE CHARIOT BELL PROBABLY LATE SHANG DYNASTY/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY Cast...
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £280
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Description
A CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE CHARIOT BELL
PROBABLY LATE SHANG DYNASTY/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
Cast as a pierced circle with a spherical jingle to the centre, all raised on a rectangular-section column, together with a fitted wood stand with a paper label for the H J Lowenthal Collection, 147, 16cm, 249g. (2)
Provenance: from the collection of Mr H J Lowenthal, no.147, purchased from Bonhams Knightsbridge on 25th February 2015, lot 360 (part).
A copy of a report by Dr Brian Gilmour, Oxford, on the item is available.
Cf. the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, no.AC.1998.251.54 for a similar piece dated to the early Western Zhou dynasty.