Description A Bronze Circular 'Phoenix’ Mirror
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
戰國晚期 四鳳紋銅鏡
the back with a central knob set within a concave square border, surrounded by four phoenixes alternating with four long-tailed birds, all reserved on a ground of coiled scrolls and granular pattern arranged in a grid of diamond-shaped lozenges.
Diameter 4 7/8 in., 12.4 cm.
Luminous Perfection: Fine Chinese Mirrors from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, March 21, 2012, sale 2658 lot 1405
Acquired from Alice Boney in Japan, 1960s
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