BRONZE / BRASS ARAB – NOMAD BELL High Relief Detail.Bronze or Brass Bedouin / Nomad Bell with a Gold ColorTone.Excellent high relief detailed workmanship! You may be correct, but I would submit that neither you nor I can judge the authenticity and provenance of this particular item from the information now available to us. The price paid may well have been too high, but that is the concern of the bidders. It was sold as part of a collection of approximately 2000 lots, including many Oriental items, the personal property, collection, and remaining stock of a gentleman, described elsewhere as an “affable connoisseur” with a “collection built up over a lifetime”, who, following in the family business, was an antiques dealer for over 60 years. The Christie’s catalog specified that it was mounted on a modern stand, but dated the object as 18th century. Regarding the Indonesian BronzeTemple Bell referenced above, if there are copies then there are also originals. I know, because I bought one.Bradleigh UtzWisconsin. Anyone who paid Christies over a grand for this got royally taken for a ride.Īfrican bells are being copied in this way also, and have been sold on eBay by crooked dealers. I’ve also seen these bells at places like Pier 1 Imports and various low-end furniture stores. The scammers are counting on the idea that the majority of Westerners don’t realize that authentic antique temple bells would not be allowed out of these countries in the first place. They are most likely being mass-produced in India or China and sold to uninformed collectors as old temple bells.
At least a dozen of these can be found on eBay at any given time, in a wide array of sizes and prices, with various claims that they are bonafide antiques.Ī glance at the poor workmanship and cheap modern stands tells you they are not. These Indonesian Temple bells are most likely worthless copies. The third photo shows a statue in the Barcelona Zoo, entitled La Dama del Paraigua, created for the Universal Exhibition of 1888 by Joan Roig Soler.The listing on UK eBay has closed.
Such is not the case with the bell pictured below. It is in very good condition with only minor wear from use and is approx 8 in (20 cm) tall.“My comment: Possibly a marriage but, if so, well executed.Many lady bells are of the “genre” type, in that they represent a style, but cannot be identified as to a specific person or source which they are intended to portray. I have never seen another like it.īRASS LADY BELL, HOLDING A PARASOLSeller’s description: “ Here we have a very attractive metal table bell with a Lady in Victorian (?) period dress holding a parasol. Three more top quality bells, two now listed on French and one on British eBay.Take a guess on asking price, then check the links.(Note: I have no financial interest in the sale of these bells,but thought others might like to be aware of them.)MAGIE ESCAMOTEUR BRONZE SONNETTE NECESSAIRE BUREAUCombination desk bell and inkwell.
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