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LATE EASTERN HAN/SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD, 3RD-6TH CENTURY
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A Bronze Mirror
Late Eastern Han/Six Dynasties period, 3rd-6th century
The large central knop encircled by two seated Daoist immortals and attendant figures separated from a striding dragon and a tiger by nipples encircled by tiny bosses, all within a narrow hachured band and a band of cloud/dragons on the canted rim; together with a bronze 'TLV' mirror, Han dynasty, the main field crisply cast in thread relief with various animals and birds interspersed amidst 'TLV' motifs, surrounded by hachured and dogtooth bands
7 5/8in. (19.3cm.) diam.; 4 5/8in. (11.3cm.) diam.
First mirror: Falk Collection no. 556. (2)
Late Eastern Han/Six Dynasties period, 3rd-6th century
The large central knop encircled by two seated Daoist immortals and attendant figures separated from a striding dragon and a tiger by nipples encircled by tiny bosses, all within a narrow hachured band and a band of cloud/dragons on the canted rim; together with a bronze 'TLV' mirror, Han dynasty, the main field crisply cast in thread relief with various animals and birds interspersed amidst 'TLV' motifs, surrounded by hachured and dogtooth bands
7 5/8in. (19.3cm.) diam.; 4 5/8in. (11.3cm.) diam.
First mirror: Falk Collection no. 556. (2)
Provenance
First mirror: Mathias Komor, New York, September 1950.