Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Gilt Bronze Ritual Bell Bianzhong, Qianlong Mark and Period.
Lot: 5196
Qing Dynasty.
Of lenticular form modeled after an archaic bell, surmounted by a slender Gu-form columnar shank flanked by a pair of pierced gilt dragon flanges, the sides with a trapezoidal panel with eighteen bosses arranged in three rows alternating with bands of angular scrolls and decorated with stylized phoenixes, all above two opposing dragon masks, applied with a horizontal rectangular panel incised with a six-character Qianlong mark.
Height: 13 1/4 inches (33.5 cm).
Condition: Wear, corrosion.
For similar examples see Michaans Auctions, December 11, 2012, Lot 9129 Christies New York, March 19, 2008, lot 366 and The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 43 - Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, Beijing, 2002, p. 156, no. 148.