Lot 6077 A rare imperial cloisonné enamel suspension bell, yongzhong, Mark and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯仿古錦紋獸面紋甬鐘 《大清乾隆年製》款

A rare imperial cloisonné enamel suspension bell, yongzhong, Mark and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 掐絲琺瑯仿古錦紋獸面紋甬鐘 《大清乾隆年製》款

HKD 1,000,000

1,000,000 - 3,000,000 HKD

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33.5 cm
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说明：A bell of this type, but without a reign mark, from the Qing Court collection and still in Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Treasures of the Palace Museum. Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 148; and another from the Regal collection was sold at Christie’s New York, 19th March 2008, lot 366.
The form and decoration of this piece combine two types of archaic bronze bells, the yongzhong and bozhong. While the shape of the bodies of both bells is very similar, the yongzhong is characterised by a tubular shank, while the bozhong is surmounted by two sinuous dragons to form the loop. See a yongzhong attributed to the late Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BC) in the Futeng County Museum, Shaanxi province, published in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji [Collection of Ancient Chinese Bronzes], vol. 5, Beijing, 1996, pl. 185; and another sold in our New York rooms, 18th September 2007, lot 173; and a series of bozhong included in the Exhibition of Chinese Art, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 1954, cat. no. 75.