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A BRONZE MIRROR
Goryeo dynasty (918-1392), 13th/14th
century
Cast in bronze with a band of dragons
chasing jewels encircling a central lotus-
petal medallion, the outer register decorated
with scattered maple leaves and plum
blossoms, the central boss pierced to hold a
suspension cord, with a modern metal stand
10 3/8in (26.3cm) diameter

US$4,000 - 6,000
For a very similar Goryeo-dynasty
bronze mirror in the collection of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, see https://
www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/
view?exhibitionId=%7Bcb1f648b-18dc-
40b9-9e63-549973696fd8%7D&oid=49618&
pkgids=355&pg=3&rpp=10&pos=29&ft=*

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A SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CENSER
Joseon dynasty (1392-1897), 15th/16th
century
The deep straight-sided body raised on a
splayed pedestal foot and finished with a
wide flat rim, decorated overall with silver
inlay with four Siddham characters within
yeoui-head bordered roundels in lotus
blossoms and leafy flowering tendrils, the rim
with additional Siddham characters among
lotus leaves
With a wood storage box
7 7/8in (20cm) high
US$8,000 - 12,000

A nearly identical incense burner is illustrated
in Butterfield and Butterfield, San Francisco,
Fine Oriental Works of Art, June 18, 1991,
lot 2155.

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