Lot 97. A Dehua bell with a moulded taotie design, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 19 cm, 7 1/2  in. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 EUR. Lot Sold: 7.500 EUR. © Sotheby's

à décor en léger relief sous couverte de masques de taotie dans des réserves entre une frise de leiwen et une bande de trigrammes et de chevrons, la prise en forme de deux chilongs affrontés, accidents.

Note: A similar Dehua porcelain bell with a low-relief decoration under clear glaze is in the Metropolitan museum in New York (79.2.502). Another smaller one with a different underglaze mold-impressed decoration, dated mid 17th century, is kept in the Art Institute of Chicago (Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection, 1924.385).

Bell, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95), 18th century. Porcelain with low-relief decoration under clear glaze. Dehua ware (blanc de chine). H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); W. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm), 79.2.502. © 2000–2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Bell with Archaistic Motifs, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), mid–17th century,1630–1670. Dehua ware (blanc de chine); porcelain with underglaze mold-impressed decoration. H. 16.4 cm (6 1/2 in.); diam. 2.0 cm (4 3/4 in.), Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection, 1924.385. ©  Art Institute of Chicago