A BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR WITH INSCRIPTION

MID WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 2ND CENTURY BC

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A BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR WITH INSCRIPTION
MID WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 2ND CENTURY BC
The central knob within concentric circles of twelve small discs, hatchured and plain bands, a band of eight linked arcs, and an inscription within hatchured borders, all below the plain rim, with grey patina and some malachite encrustation
6 7/16 in. (16.3 cm.) diam., ¼ in. (.5 cm.) thick, box
662.7g

Provenance

Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1988.

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Lot Essay

A similar mirror dated Western Han from Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, is illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji - 16 - Bronze Mirrors, Beijing, 1998, p. 51, no. 50. Another is illustrated in Ancient Bronze Mirrors from the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, 2005, pp. 148-9, no. 37. See, also, the mirror in the Sumitomo Collection illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Chinese Bronze Mirrors, Sen-Oku Hakuko Kan, 8 January - 6 March 2011, p. 21, no. 25.

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