Lot Essay
Previously sold these Rooms, 16 September, 2003, lot 323
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ANOTHER PROPERTY
A Gilt-Bronze Buddhist Ritual Gong (Kei)
EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Details
A Gilt-Bronze Buddhist Ritual Gong (Kei)
Edo period (17th century)
Cast and chiselled in bronze with scalloped borders flaring out at the bottom corners, decorated on both sides with phoenixes on either side of a lotus blossom in relief, the interior with a stippled border; gilt-bronze hanger cast as twisting lotus stalks
8¾in. (22.2cm.) wide
Edo period (17th century)
Cast and chiselled in bronze with scalloped borders flaring out at the bottom corners, decorated on both sides with phoenixes on either side of a lotus blossom in relief, the interior with a stippled border; gilt-bronze hanger cast as twisting lotus stalks
8¾in. (22.2cm.) wide