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A group of four early bronze mirrors
16 | BONHAMS Warring States period
Three of graduated size, thinly cast with an outer concave band
enclosing four shan shapes on a feather and hoof field, with the
edge of the four characters corresponding to the central square
band enclosing the loop finial, the fourth finely cast with disintegrated
hooks and spirals under a feather border at the center, all exhibiting a
malachite patination.
5 1/2, 4 1/2, 3 3/4, and 3 3/4in
(13.9, 11.4, 9.5 and 9.5cm) diameters
$2,000 - 3,000

This lot has been in the family collection since the late 1980s.

8010
A group of four early bronze mirrors
Han dynasty
Three with a wide, canted edge enclosing a small saw-tooth band
under four abstract cloud patterns and emerging birds separated by
raised bosses under a central pierced knob; the fourth larger mirror
with a wide canted rim centered on a continuous arc design under a
band of whorl patterns, all mirrors with varying degrees of patination.
4 3/4, 3 1/2, 3 and 3in
(12.1, 8.8, 7.6 and 7.6cm) diameters
$2,000 - 3,000

For related examples see Donald Graham, Bronze Mirrors of Ancient
China, 1994, cat. nos. 38 and 51.

This lot has been in the family collection since the late 1980s.