Lot 145
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A RARE INSCRIBED BRONZE 'TLV' MIRROR cast with the twelve animals of the zodiac amid scrolling vine elements, the raised border framing a recessed band with a fifty-character inscription, Han Dynasty

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A RARE INSCRIBED BRONZE 'TLV' MIRROR cast with the twelve animals of the zodiac amid scrolling vine elements, the raised border framing a recessed band with a fifty-character inscription, Han Dynasty
18.5cm. diam., box

Lot Essay

Compare the inscribed 'TLV' mirror with zodiac animals included in the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong Special Exhibition of Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, 1990, Catalogue, no.170, and the second without an inscription, ibid., no.171

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