How to identify ancient chimes

How to identify bronze chimes

20 15 Shanghai Henglong International Auction Co., Ltd. will hold a large-scale special auction of bronze chimes in Hong Kong. Person in charge of the collection department: Mr. Chen 13296067846 (director of the collection department), who has rich experience in bronze chimes for many years. Welcome to call for details. The following is the bronze chime market:

The bronze ritual vessels are very popular, and the transaction is 100%.

The chime is a percussion instrument in ancient China. It is made of bronze, arranged in pitch order by flat round clocks of different sizes, and hung on a huge clock rack. Beating a copper bell with a T-shaped wooden hammer and a long stick can produce different musical sounds, because the tone of each bell is different, and you can play wonderful music according to the sound spectrum.

In ancient China, the chime was a special instrument for the upper class, and it was a symbol of rank and power. Since modern times, many ancient clocks have been unearthed in the tombs of ancient princes and nobles in Yunnan, Shanxi and Hubei. Among them, the most striking is the chime of Zeng Houyi found in the tomb of Zeng Houyi in Sui County, Hubei Province. This set of bells is exquisite in craftsmanship, with a range of five octaves, and the scale structure is close to the modern seven-tone scale in C major. There are more than 2,800 words of inscriptions related to music rules on the bells, which record many musical terms and show the advanced level of ancient Chinese music culture. 1957, the first set of chimes unearthed in Chengyang, Xinyang, Henan, China, played Dongfanghong music with 13 pieces and sang in space with China's first artificial satellite.

Shanghai Henglong International Auction Co., Ltd. owns many precious items, such as Zuo Baoyi Cabinet, Fu Bingjue, Mu Xinzun and Zuo Juan Pian, the old collections of late Qing collector Pan Zuyin. In the early Western Zhou Dynasty, the "Zuo Baoyi Cabinet" with a height of 25cm fetched $666 1 000, which was the most expensive bronze ware of that year and was listed in the top five rubidium bronze auctions. This kind of advanced square chopsticks in the early Western Zhou Dynasty has been passed down from generation to generation. Death of Heaven and Benefit are now in the National Museum of China. Jin Caiji once sold a Bo Moment, which was shot at Sotheby's in London on June 8th. 1993.