Description A Bronze Circular Mirror with Deities, Animals and Inscription
LATE EASTERN HAN DYNASTY, 2ND-3RD CENTURY
東漢晚期 吾作明鏡銘神人龍虎紋銅鏡
the back with a central knob set within a bead band and a field cast in thread relief with deities seating or riding on mythical beasts, separated by nipples and encircled by an inscription and hatchured, sawtooth and C-scroll bands.
Diameter 5 1/2 in., 14 cm.
Luminous Perfection: Fine Chinese Mirrors from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, March 21, 2012, sale 2658 lot 1405
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1988
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