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EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)
Details
TWO LARGE BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRRORS
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)
The large knob is surrounded by two seated deities and an attendant separated by four nipples from a dragon and a tiger with backward-turned head, within a hatchured border and below a dogtooth border and band of cloud scroll on the rim. The other has a silvery grey patina and a large knob encircled by four petals separated by characters within a field of eight scallops separated by further characters and outer decorative bands.
8¼ and 8½ in. (21 and 21.7 cm.) diam. (2)
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)
The large knob is surrounded by two seated deities and an attendant separated by four nipples from a dragon and a tiger with backward-turned head, within a hatchured border and below a dogtooth border and band of cloud scroll on the rim. The other has a silvery grey patina and a large knob encircled by four petals separated by characters within a field of eight scallops separated by further characters and outer decorative bands.
8¼ and 8½ in. (21 and 21.7 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954) Collection.
The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned in 1962.
The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned in 1962.
Literature
First mirror: The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Chinese Bronzes and Ceramics, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1965, pp. 56-57.
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