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WARRING STATES PERIOD AND LATER
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THREE BRONZE MIRRORS
WARRING STATES PERIOD AND LATER
Comprised of a large round mirror with four bears encircling the knob, Warring States period (475-221 BC); a smaller mirror with four spear-like motifs reserved on a ground of overlapping C-shaped hooks, surrounding a square enclosing the knob, Warring States period (475-221 BC); the smallest mirror with overlapping C-shaped hooks surrounding the rounded knob, possibly Warring States period.
The largest mirror: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) diam., boxes (3)
WARRING STATES PERIOD AND LATER
Comprised of a large round mirror with four bears encircling the knob, Warring States period (475-221 BC); a smaller mirror with four spear-like motifs reserved on a ground of overlapping C-shaped hooks, surrounding a square enclosing the knob, Warring States period (475-221 BC); the smallest mirror with overlapping C-shaped hooks surrounding the rounded knob, possibly Warring States period.
The largest mirror: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) diam., boxes (3)
Provenance
Largest mirror: Dr. Franco Vannotti, Lugano, Switzerland (according to the label on the box)
The Donald H. Graham Jr. Collection, Honolulu, United States, acquired prior to 1994
Mirror with spear-like motifs: Collection of Ronald G. Thackrah
Sold at Sotheby's London, 26 June 1973, lot 59; Sotheby's London, 8 July 1975, lot 15; and Sotheby's London, 12 December 1989, lot 21
The Donald H. Graham Jr. Collection, Honolulu, United States, acquired prior to 1994
Mirror with spear-like motifs: Collection of Ronald G. Thackrah
Sold at Sotheby's London, 26 June 1973, lot 59; Sotheby's London, 8 July 1975, lot 15; and Sotheby's London, 12 December 1989, lot 21
Literature
Largest mirror:
Bronze Mirrors from Ancient China: Donald H. Graham Jr.
Collection, Hong Kong, 1994, no. 10 (M111)
Bronze Mirrors from Ancient China: Donald H. Graham Jr.
Collection, Hong Kong, 1994, no. 10 (M111)
Exhibited
Largest mirror:
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Bronze Mirrors of Ancient China: An Exhibition, 24 May - 1 July 1990, Cat. no. 14 M 111 (according to the label on the box)
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Bronze Mirrors of Ancient China: An Exhibition, 24 May - 1 July 1990, Cat. no. 14 M 111 (according to the label on the box)
Brought to you by
Ruben Lien
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