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8150 (two views)

8150
A RARE SILVERED BRONZE ‘TLV’ MIRROR
Late Western Han/Xin Dynasty
The raised central knob enclosed within a square of twelve raised
bosses separated by characters representing the twelve branches
below the TLV motifs, guardians of the four directions and eight
bosses under a banded inscription and saw tooth pattern below a
raised cloud scroll border, the surface with malachite encrustation.
7 3/8in (18.8cm) diam

$4,000 - 6,000
西漢末/新 青銅四神規矩紋鏡

For related examples, see Chou Ju-hsi. Circles of Reflection: The
Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors. The Cleveland Museum
of Art, 2000, nos 26 - 29, pages 43-46; Bronze Mirrors from Ancient
China. The Donald Graham Collection. Hong Kong, 1994, no. 41.
The inscription on this lot is nearly identical to that of the Graham
mirror. A slightly smaller mirror of the same type from the Robert H.
Ellsworth collection was sold at Christie’s, New York, 22 March 2012,
lot 1418.

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