Note: This large bronze bell from the Southeast Asian Bronze age, generally named after the Dongson site in North Vietnam. The swirling band design is particularly vivid and crisply cast; for another example of similar design from Samrong, now in the National Museum Phnom Penh, see H. Jessup and T. Zephir (eds.), Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia, Millennium of Glory, 1997, fig. 4, p. 8.

Another notable example of similar, shape, form and with stylised decoration is held in the collection of the British Museum (Accession No. 1949,0715.1). Known as the Klang Bell, it is almost identical in height to the present lot and is dated to 2nd century B.C.

Bronze bell, circa 2nd century BC; Diameter: 31.3 cm Height: 58 cm Weight: 7.4 kg. British Museum, 1949,0715.1. © Trustees of the British Museum

Lot 149. A group of four Cambodian Dong Son buffalo bells, Battambang province, 300 BC-300 AD. Each bell: 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) high; 4 in. (10.5 cm.) wide. Estimate GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000 (USD 2,524 - USD 3,786). © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.