Petite cloche rituelle en bronze, nao, Fin des Shang-Début de la Dynastie des Zhou Occidentaux. Photo Sotheby's

avec deux petites cloches miniatures en bronze, ling, de la dynastie Shang. Haut. 11,9 cm, 4 5/8  in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 EUR. LOT SOLD. 59,100 EUR 

Provenance: The pair of miniature bells, ling:
Reputedly excavated at Anyang.
Formerly in the collection of Liang Shangchun, Beijing.

Literature: Liang Shangchun, Yanku jijin tulu, vol. II, Beijing, 1944, no. 66.
Rong Geng, Shang Zhou yiqi tongkao, Harvard, 1941, no. 940. 
Willem van Heusden, Ancient Chinese Bronzes of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. An illustrated Catalogue of the Van Heusden Collection with a Historical Introduction by Willem van Heusden, Tokyo, 1952, pls. XXXI and XXXII. 

A SMALL ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL BELL, NAO, LATE SHANG / EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, TOGETHER WITH A PAIR OF MINIATURE BRONZE BELLS, LING, SHANG DYNASTY