A BRONZE 'TIGERS AND DRAGONS' MIRROR

HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

Details

A BRONZE 'TIGERS AND DRAGONS' MIRROR
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
The circular mirror with domed knob rising from a shaped base, encircled with twelve knots, hatched pattern and an inscription, the outer field with four pairs of tigers, dragons, birds and mythical animals alternating with flower-head bosses, bordered by a hatched pattern below a broad rim, the bronze with silvery patina
7½ in. (19 cm.) diam., Japanese box

Provenance

A Japanese private collection, acquired circa 1980

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Lot Essay

The inscription refers to the verse commonly found on mirrors with zhaoming, 'Illumination', pattern of the late Western Han period. The characters are often in clerical script forming a square border. Sometimes characters would be simplified or omitted, or separated by a repeated spacer character to make up the length, as on the present lot.

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