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WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
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THREE BRONZE 'TLV' CIRCULAR MIRRORS
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Of various sizes, all with the central knob within a square, and the outer field with eight nipples arranged around the T, L and V motifs: on the first are various animals and birds cast in thread relief and an outer hatchured border; on the second there are also various animals and birds in thread relief encircled by an inscription and a hatchured border, below dogtooth and zigzag bands on the rim; the third has slender foliate scrolls, within a hatchured border and below a zigzag band on the rim
5 1/8, 6¼ and 4 5/16 in. (13, 16 and 11 cm.) diam. (3)
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Of various sizes, all with the central knob within a square, and the outer field with eight nipples arranged around the T, L and V motifs: on the first are various animals and birds cast in thread relief and an outer hatchured border; on the second there are also various animals and birds in thread relief encircled by an inscription and a hatchured border, below dogtooth and zigzag bands on the rim; the third has slender foliate scrolls, within a hatchured border and below a zigzag band on the rim
5 1/8, 6¼ and 4 5/16 in. (13, 16 and 11 cm.) diam. (3)
Provenance
Acquired prior to 2000.
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