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A round bronze mirror of LTV- type. Bronze. Han dynasty The central knob surrounded by petals within a square with nipples alternating with characters representing the zodiac animals, surrounded by birds, mythological animals, nipples and LTV motifs and a band with an inscription referring to the four cardinal points, at the rim sawtooth patterns. Greyish green patina, the reverse with a blackish shiny patina. Diameter 18 cm Private collection, Belgium Compare: Bronze Mirrors from Ancient China, Donald H. Graham Jr. Collection, Hong Kong 1994, p. 140/141; Ancient Bronze Mirrors from the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai 2005, p. 154-155; Catalogue of Special Exhibition of Bronze Mirrors in the National Palace Museum, Taipei 1986, plate 43 漢 規矩鏡 來源:比利時私人收藏 參閱:《Bronze Mirrors from Ancient China, Donald H. Graham Jr. Collection》,香港1994年,頁140及141; 《上海博物館藏銅鏡精品》,上海2005年,頁154及155; 《故宮銅鏡特展圖錄》,薹北1986年,圖版43