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An archaic bronze ‘TLV’ mirror An archaic bronze turquoise-inlaid belthook
Han dynasty Western Han dynasty
One side with a central domed knop, cast in relief with a series of ‘T’, Cast with a circular knob on the back, the front side cast with an
‘L’ and ‘V’-shaped geometric symbols on a scrolling ground, all within a elaborate decoration of two mythical beasts chasing each other, one end
frieze of cloud scrolls on the rim. issuing a curved hook inset with turquoise.
10cm diam. 6.4cm wide.
HK$15,000 - 25,000 HK$20,000 - 30,000
US$1,900 - 3,200 US$2,600 - 3,900

漢 四靈博局紋銅鏡 西漢 鑲嵌獸紋銅帶鉤

Compare a very similar but slightly larger archaic bronze mirror,
illustrated by Jessica Rawson & Emma Bunker, Ancient Chinese and
Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, p.253, no.171.

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