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WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Details
A SILVERY BRONZE 'TLV' CIRCULAR MIRROR
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Crisply cast, the central knob within a square border of twelve small nipples separating characters representing the zodiac, with eight further nipples in the outer field arranged within the T, L and V motifs and various animals and birds, as well as a Daoist immortal, within a narrow hatchured border, all below bands of dogtooth and cloud scroll on the rim, with silvery patina and some malachite encrustation
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Crisply cast, the central knob within a square border of twelve small nipples separating characters representing the zodiac, with eight further nipples in the outer field arranged within the T, L and V motifs and various animals and birds, as well as a Daoist immortal, within a narrow hatchured border, all below bands of dogtooth and cloud scroll on the rim, with silvery patina and some malachite encrustation
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Provenance
Acquired in Tokyo in the 1970s.
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