Sale 1640
New York
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30 March 2006
Price realised
USD 2,160
Estimate
A bronze mirror Eastern Java, 12th/13th century With a domed center encircled by incised lines and a raised lip, with a deep black patina, the reverse with a smoothly polished surface 4¼ in. (11 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Private Collection, acquired in the 1980s
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For a similar example, see Tokyo National Museum, The Exhibition of The Ancient Indonesian Art, 1981, cat. no. 48.
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