Lot 1022. A large bronze drum, chunyu, Warring States period-Qin dynasty; h. 41cm. Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 HKD. Lot sold: 81,900 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.
Provenance: Collection of The Honorable Parker T. Hart (1910-1997) and thence by descent.
A private Florida collection.
Sotheby's New York, 18th-19th March 2014, lot 111.
Note: The drum was presented as a gift to the Honorable Parker T. Hart while he was serving in the United States foreign service as either ambassador to Saudi Arabia and then Turkey from 1965 to 1968, or from 1968 to February 1969 while serving as assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs, the highest position in that geographic bureau.
Sotheby's. Chinese Art Including Property from the Collection of Cheng Huan, Hong Kong, 18 December 2020
