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EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)
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A BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)
The main field is cast in crisp relief with a dragon and a lion separated by bosses from the deities Dongwanggong and Xiwangmu shown seated with attendants, all encircled by an inscription and narrow decorative bands that continue up to the inward-canted rim. Together with a bronze circular 'shan' mirror, late Warring States period, 4th-3rd century BC, which has a ribbed loop set within a square border which forms the center of an intricate design of leaves conjoined by overlapping bands that form an eight-pointed star overlaid with four large 'shan' characters, all reserved on a a ground of hooked feather-like scrolls; and another small bronze mirror, Eastern Han dynasty, which is flat cast with four pairs of confronted phoenixes between an outer arc border and a quatrefoil motif enclosing four characters and the central knob.
5 13/16, 5 and 4 1/8 in. (14.8, 12.8 and 10.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood boxes (3)
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)
The main field is cast in crisp relief with a dragon and a lion separated by bosses from the deities Dongwanggong and Xiwangmu shown seated with attendants, all encircled by an inscription and narrow decorative bands that continue up to the inward-canted rim. Together with a bronze circular 'shan' mirror, late Warring States period, 4th-3rd century BC, which has a ribbed loop set within a square border which forms the center of an intricate design of leaves conjoined by overlapping bands that form an eight-pointed star overlaid with four large 'shan' characters, all reserved on a a ground of hooked feather-like scrolls; and another small bronze mirror, Eastern Han dynasty, which is flat cast with four pairs of confronted phoenixes between an outer arc border and a quatrefoil motif enclosing four characters and the central knob.
5 13/16, 5 and 4 1/8 in. (14.8, 12.8 and 10.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood boxes (3)
Provenance
Kinpei Takeuchi (1873-1960).
Ryuichi Sano (1889-1977), acquired in Tokyo, 1950s.
Sano Art Museum, Mishima, Japan.
Ryuichi Sano (1889-1977), acquired in Tokyo, 1950s.
Sano Art Museum, Mishima, Japan.
Literature
'Shan' mirror: Selected Works from the Sano Museum of Art, Sano Art Museum, 1991, p. 40, no. 64.
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