THREE BRONZE ANIMAL-HEAD MASKS AND A TURQUOISE AND LAPIS LAZULI-INSET SILVER MIRROR
Han Dynasty The mirror of circular form with a central panel bearing a raised cross with a circular lapis set to the centre and four ends, all encircled by a band of inset turquoise; and a pair of taotie mask heads and an ox head modelled with large round eyes and swept back horns. The largest 6cm (2 3/8in) long, the mirror 5cm (2in) diam. (4).
漢 銅獸首三件 及一件銀嵌綠松石青金石鏡（一組四件）
Provenance: Dr Carl Kempe (1884-1967), Sweden (label no.79) (the mirror) The Li Fan Thompson collection, London
Dr. Carl Kempe (1884-1967) was a prominent Swedish industrialist who served as the CEO of Mo och Domsj? AB, a leading company in the Swedish pulp and paper industry. He resided at Ekolsund, a historic former Swedish royal palace, where he also maintained his distinguished art collection. As an early and active member of the Oriental Ceramic Society, he amassed one of the finest European collections of Chinese art created in the mid-twentieth century.
See a related small bronze buffalo head-form fitting, Western Zhou dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 22 March 2022, lot 42.
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