ANTIQUE CHINESE BRONZE DRAGON CEREMONIAL BIANZHONG BELL XUANDE MING DYNASTY MARK. Hello, thank you for having a look at my auctions. Although I was a little down and out over the summer I still managed to acquire some incredible and important treasures for my first sale of the fall season. This sale offers a wide variety of great examples from across many categories of collecting. The items include some exceptionally rare and important examples including some imperial wares, and items dating from the Song dynasty to the earlier Republic period. This sale features items from three important estate collections including the late Chinese ceramics expert Michael Vermeers collection, Mr. H Pao of Toronto who owned a high-end shop in the famous four seasons hotel in Toronto for many years and whom was considered one of North Americas top experts and scholars in many categories of antique Chinese art. Also some of the smaller scholarly items including the jade examples are from the estate of A Abraham. Abraham owned the Imperial Jade Shop situated in the famous King Edward hotel until the year 1976 (40 years ago) when the hotel was renovated and the shop never re-opened. These items have been in storage since the shop closed down and have not seen the light of day until now! Abraham was a highly respected jade dealer, appraiser, and collector in the 1950-70s period. I do not know a great deal about many of the objects myself. Being out of this known experts estate I believe there is a good chance there are some important and rarely found examples being offered. I do wish everyone the very best of luck winning the auctions! This bell is an interesting example that has some great figural designs including the intricately detailed dragon top clasp. The bell has another four-character inscribed mark as well. The bell is estate fresh and could use a cleaning. The bell is otherwise in very fine condition with no damage. The bell is a large size example that displays very nicely measuring 10 5/8 inches tall, by 7 1/2 inches wide. A very interesting and unique example. BEST OF LUCK WITH THE AUCTIONS! All Canadian Residents will be charged HST Based on Address. We make great effort to honestly and accurately describe each item listed. Items are not returnable if it is not of the age or value you were hoping it to be, with No Exceptions. Many of the items listed are old antique pieces and in many cases over a hundred, or hundreds of years old. Small Sample of the 120+ Estate Auctions listed this week! Powered by SixBit’s eCommerce Solution. The item “ANTIQUE CHINESE BRONZE DRAGON CEREMONIAL BIANZHONG BELL XUANDE MING DYNASTY MARK” is in sale since Friday, September 16, 2016. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\China\Vases”. The seller is “joanies_house_of_treasures” and is located in Barrie, Ontario. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Type: Vases
• Primary Material: Bronze
• Region of Origin: China