A large bronze military drum/bell. South-central/South-west China. Late Eastern Zhou/early Western Han dynasty, 3rd century BC - image-1

Lot 346a Dα

A large bronze military drum/bell. South-central/South-west China. Late Eastern Zhou/early Western Han dynasty, 3rd century BC

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
07.12.2019, 11:00 - Tibet/Nepal, China
Estimate: 3.000 € - 3.500 €
Result: 21.080 € (incl. premium)
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A large bronze military drum/bell. South-central/South-west China. Late Eastern Zhou/early Western Han dynasty, 3rd century BC

Of nearly elliptical cross section, the body swells gradually toward the top and ends in a flaring everted lip, on top of the drum a figure of a tiger, the top with two fishes in linear relief. An inscription to the inside. Greenish patina with brown spots. Restoration to the body.
Height 43.5 cm

東周晚期/西漢早期 青銅錞于
來源：德國呂丁豪森 Hugo Vedder（1626年-2006年）及 Gerda Vedder（1932年-2019年）私人收藏

Provenance

Collection Hugo Vedder (1926-2006) and Gerda Vedder (1932-2019), Lüdinghausen

Literature

Compare similar pieces illustrated in: E.A. Voretzsch, Altchinesische Bronzen, Berlin 1924, fig. 115; Wen Wu 1974, no. 5, p. 37, fig. 21; Jenny So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York 1995, no. 82, p. 399, Eleanor von Erdberg, Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Chester Dale and Dolly Carter, 1978, no. 90