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

Lot 346b 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: 8.680 € (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 a rounded square cross section, the body swelling gradually toward to top, and ending in a flaring everted tip, on top of the drum a semicircular handle. To the body a large roundel and at the rim a two narrow panels with patterns. A blackish patina.
Height 39 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