Lot Essay
The inscription states that the bell was donated to the Jiayi County School by the degree candidates Lin and Lan in the eighth month of the Dingyu year of Daoguang
PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND ESTATE
A LARGE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE BELL, DATED DAOGUANG, DING YU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1837, boldly cast on both sides with pairs of registers containing three rows of raised bosses, divided by vertical bands of calligraphic inscriptions above a band of stylized confronted birds reserved on a square spiral ground, with stepped geometric handle for suspension, some damage--10¾ in. high
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A LARGE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE BELL, DATED DAOGUANG, DING YU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1837, boldly cast on both sides with pairs of registers containing three rows of raised bosses, divided by vertical bands of calligraphic inscriptions above a band of stylized confronted birds reserved on a square spiral ground, with stepped geometric handle for suspension, some damage--10¾ in. high