Antique Chinese Bronze Hanging Bell with Phoenixes
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Metalwork: Pre 1920: Item # 1259576
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Metalwork: Pre 1920: Item # 1259576
Zentner Collection
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5757 Horton Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
510.653.5181
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5757 Horton Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
510.653.5181
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Antique Chinese bronze hanging bell with beautiful casting and patina. It hangs by a hook shaped as a two-headed serpent, and its sides are decorated with phoenixes (fenghuang in Chinese, ho-o in Japanese) flying with their head downwards and their long, beautiful tail feathers floating up and over their bodies. The phoenix is a bird of the Sun, so a small Sun adorns two sides of the bell, along with curling motif running along the bottom.
Size: 6.5" height, 4.75" width
