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A RARE AND LARGE BRONZE 'SIX 戰國晚期 楚式「黑漆古」六山銅鏡
MOUNTAIN' MIRROR 來源
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC 加拿大私人收藏,1996 年購於香港
The mirror is crisply cast with a ribbed loop surrounded by 楚式山字紋銅鏡初創於戰國早期,發展至戰國晚期,無論在鍊鑄質量,
a circular border and five feathers enclosed within the six- 或構圖設計都漸趨成熟,主題紋飾以山紋為主,但亦滲入了花瓣 , 葉紋
pointed star created by the connected inner edges of the six shan, 及獸紋等裝飾元素,有三山,四山,五山及六山之分,其中以六山鏡最
‘mountain’, characters, all reserved on a ground of swirl pattern, 為罕見,存世品多為博物館所收藏。如中國國家博物館藏一例(23.2 公
with thin upward-curved rim. The bronze has a silvery grey,
lacquer-like patina with some malachite and azurite encrustations. 分),見楊桂榮著《館藏銅鏡選輯》,中國歴史博物館館刊,第十七期,
7√ in. (20 cm.) diam., box 1992 年,圖版 49;上海博物館藏一較小例(14.3 公分),見陳佩芬著《上
海博物館藏青銅鏡》,上海,1987 年,圖版 19 號;及廣州西漢南越王
HK$500,000-800,000 US$65,000-100,000 墓博物館藏一例(21.2 公分),著於《西漢南越王墓》,北京,1991 年,
圖版 162.2。
PROVENANCE
A Canadian private collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1996
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