A LARGE BRONZE CIRCULAR 'BIRD' MIRROR

LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 3RD CENTURY BC

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A LARGE BRONZE CIRCULAR 'BIRD' MIRROR
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 3RD CENTURY BC
With triple-fluted loop surrounded by a patterned band repeated in the main field as the ground for three birds with scrolling interlocking bodies and long angular crests extending from the back of their heads, all within the upright rim, with dark silver-grey patina
9 3/8 in. (23.7 cm.) diam., 5/16 in. (.7 cm.) thick, box
816.7g

Provenance

Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1960s.

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Lot Essay

Mirrors of this type are illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji - 16 - Bronze Mirrors, Beijing, 1998, p. 10, no. 10, excavated in 1952 at Changsha, Hunan province; Ancient Bronze Mirrors from the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, 2005, 1998, pp. 100-1, no. 15 (16.5 cm.); one from the Sumitomo Collection in the exhibition catalogue, Chinese Bronze Mirrors, Sen-Oku Hakuko Kan, Kyoto, 8 January - 6 March 2011, p. 15, no. 13 (20.3 cm.); and one illustrated by Ju-hsi Chou, Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000, p. 28, no. 6.

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