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TWO BRONZE MIRRORS, PROBABLY HAN DYNASTY (206BC-220AD)
comprising a large circular mirror, decorated in high relief and with slender raised lines with concentric bands of motifs radiating from the centre, with a pair of confronting dragons, a band with seven raised nodes alternating with motifs of animals and figures and a slender band of characters forming an inscription, the raised outer edges with repeated triangular motifs; the second mirror with a square panel surrounding the central knop, decorated in relief with a tiger, dragon, phoenix and stag between four raised nodes, the raised rim with scrolling motifs -- The first, 7¼in. (18.5cm.) diam. (2)
comprising a large circular mirror, decorated in high relief and with slender raised lines with concentric bands of motifs radiating from the centre, with a pair of confronting dragons, a band with seven raised nodes alternating with motifs of animals and figures and a slender band of characters forming an inscription, the raised outer edges with repeated triangular motifs; the second mirror with a square panel surrounding the central knop, decorated in relief with a tiger, dragon, phoenix and stag between four raised nodes, the raised rim with scrolling motifs -- The first, 7¼in. (18.5cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
First: J.T.Tai & Co., New York, 3rd October, 1966; Second: Frank Caro, New York, 17th December 1965.
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