A BRONZE 'SPIRIT AND ANIMALS' MIRROR

SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN DYNASTIES (420-589)

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A BRONZE 'SPIRIT AND ANIMALS' MIRROR
SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN DYNASTIES (420-589)
The circular mirror with domed knob encircled with winged deities and sea creatures, the outer field with eight characters in seal form alternating with bossed semi-circles and small circles, surrounded by a band of hatched pattern, all below bands of phoenix with tadpoles and stylised dragons, the bronze with blackened patina
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) diam., Japanese box

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A Japanese private collection, acquired circa 1980

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拍品专文

Two larger examples (14 cm diam.) with similar decoration in the Donald H. Graham Jr. Collection are illustrated by Wong Yanchung, 'Bronze Mirror Art of the Han Dynasty', Chinese Bronzes - Selected articles from Orientations 1983-2000, Hong Kong, 2001, pp. 66-67, figs. 15 and 18.