A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL BELL, BIANZHONG Western Zhou Dynasty The body of elliptical cross-section with the two sides rising up in an arc, cast with a pictogram of a family sign, on the front, each side set with three rows of three bosses, evenly distributed and placed in the upper part on both sides, surmounted by a long tapering tubular shank, box. 31.5cm (12 3/8in) high. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 西周 青銅編鐘 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2011, no.5. 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號5 According to the Zhou Li (the Rites of Zhou) from the Eastern Zhou period, only Kings, Marquises and other selected aristocratic groups were entitled to possess such bronze bells, and the number of sets allowed varied according to different Royal titles. See a single bronze bell, Western Zhou period, illustrated in Collections of the Palace Museum: Bronzes, Taipei, 2007, p.136, no.90. See also a slightly larger archaic bronze bell, early Western Zhou dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 1 December 2020, lot 1. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com