Description: With a central domed knob, surrounded by two rings decorated with eight raised knobs each, separated by finely cast divine animal and beast figures in the outer layer. Encompassed by a ring of ancient Chinese characters, bordered by a ring of vertical lines, followed by a saw-tooth band and a final band of curving motifs.
Style of: Han (206 BC – AD 220), age determination uncertain
Diameter: 14.5cm
National Palace Museum Taipei, Taiwan, 1971, Master Pieces of Chinese Bronze Mirrors catalogue, no 18 and 25. http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20901/lot/5205/