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An inscribed archaic bronze mirror A bronze dagger axe, and two bronze mirrors
Tang dynasty The dagger axe Shang dynasty, the mirrors Tang dynasty
Cast with one side flat and the other side with two concentric raised Comprising: a dagger axe with beak-shaped blade ending in an angled
borders, the flattened circular ornament decorated with five mythical na decorated with raised bosses; a floral mirror cast with four riders; and
beasts running around grapevines encircling the rounded knop, the a floral mirror cast with fruiting vines.
outer frieze with a series of kaishu inscription within geometric borders. The dagger axe 27.4cm long. (3).
12.7cm diam. HK$20,000 - 40,000
HK$40,000 - 60,000 US$2,600 - 5,200
US$5,200 - 7,700
商 銅戈
唐 海獸葡萄紋銘文銅鏡 唐 花瓣形銅鏡兩面

銘文:「光流素月，質禀玄精，澄空鑑水，照迴凝清，終古永固，瑩比 Provenance 來源：
心靈」 Acquired by the father of the current owner, whilst serving at the Royal
Norwegian Embassy in Beijing during the 1950s.
A Norwegian private collection

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