AN UNUSUAL SMALL BRONZE MIRROR OR FINIAL

POSSIBLY LATE WARRING STATES/HAN DYNASTY, 4TH-2ND CENTURY BC

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AN UNUSUAL SMALL BRONZE MIRROR OR FINIAL
POSSIBLY LATE WARRING STATES/HAN DYNASTY, 4TH-2ND CENTURY BC
The thin disc cast in relief on one side with a nipple in the center encircled by concentric rings of tiny bosses and herringbone pattern, a stepped socket projecting from the bottom of the rim decorated with circles and dogtooth borders, and pierced with a horizontal slot, with a cross bar in the the hollow interior, with grey and olive-green patina
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1989.

Exhibited

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2002-2006.

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Lot Essay

This unusual piece is possibly from southwestern China. The cast decoration on the stem and at the base of the disc is similar to that of a slightly oval bronze mirror compared to pieces excavated in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, illustrated in Chugoku Sengoku jidai no bijutsu (The Art of the Warring States Period), Osaka Municipal Museum of Fine Art, 1991, p. 139, no. 235. The published mirror has an openwork knob at the base of the spreading stem.

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