GILT-BRONZE 'DOUBLE DRAGONS' RITUAL BELL, BIANZHONG 19TH-20TH CENTURY
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GILT-BRONZE 'DOUBLE DRAGONS' RITUAL BELL, BIANZHONG 19TH-20TH CENTURY 十九至二十世紀 鎏金銅鑄雙龍捧珠編鐘 heavily cast, the cylindrical body boldly surmounted by a pair of addorsed dragons each crisply cast with a finely scaled arched back, the horned head raised with mouth agape bearing fangs, and supported on powerful extended front claws, the gently convex sides cast in sharp relief with a pair of animated five-clawed dragons striding amidst roiling seas and fiery clouds, centred to either side with an upright rectangular cartouche set on a tiered lotus stand and ornamented on three sides with symmetrical cloud scrolls, all between bands of formal foliate scroll and stylized clouds (24.5cm high; 14kg) Qty: (1) Provenance: Private collection, London Note: comparable gilt-bronze ritual bells of similar design and dated to the Qianlong period, were sold respectively at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 Jun 2015, lot 3119 and Sotheby's New York, 15 September 2015, lot 160
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GILT-BRONZE 'DOUBLE DRAGONS' RITUAL BELL, BIANZHONG 19TH-20TH CENTURY
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