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486 The shan character motif is commonly associated with the Warring
An archaic bronze ‘shan’ mirror States period, with many similar examples of varying sizes. For a
Late Eastern Zhou dynasty comparable example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see Bronze Articles
Of circular form with a central ringed knop encircled by a diamond- for Daily Use: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
shaped enclosure, the main surface quartered into four sections, each Museum, Hong Kong, 2006, p.22, no.19.
with a shan character motif above dense archaistic wave scrolls, all
within a raised border. 圓形青銅鏡折緣，中央有方形弦紋小鈕，隨四角伸延出葉紋。其餘以羽
11.1cm diam. 狀紋為地，上有四「山」紋作逆時針旋轉排列，層次分明。
HK$40,000 - 60,000
US$5,200 - 7,700 山字紋為戰國時期常見之紋飾，大小形式相同之例子，可參考北京故宮
博物院藏之四山紋鏡，見杜迺松主編，《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集:
東周晚期 四山字紋銅鏡 青銅生活器》，香港，2006，頁22，圖版19。
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