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EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (AD 25-220)
Details
A SILVERY BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (AD 25-220)
The central knob is in the center of a confronted dragon and tiger above the small figures of two birds and a ram, all encircled by an inscription and a hatchured border below sawtooth bands on the raised rim. The patina on both sides is silvery and there is ferrous and malachite encrustation.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
506 g
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (AD 25-220)
The central knob is in the center of a confronted dragon and tiger above the small figures of two birds and a ram, all encircled by an inscription and a hatchured border below sawtooth bands on the raised rim. The patina on both sides is silvery and there is ferrous and malachite encrustation.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
506 g
Provenance
Acquired in Tokyo, 1985.