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A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF CHINESE
BRONZE MIRRORS
AN INSCRIBED HAN-STYLE
BRONZE MIRROR
MING DYNASTY
the central knob adorned with petals, encircled
by two inscriptions in seal script, within a raised
band further incised with an official mark
16.5 cm, 6½ in.
HK$ 20,000-30,000
US$ 2,600-3,850
This mirror may have been made by Ming dynasty
craftsmen in imitation of the decorative patterns
and inscriptions of Han dynasty bronze mirrors. It
is divided into several concentric circular bands,
each inscribed with a different text in a manner
popular during the Han period. The inscriptions
describe the mirror’s beauty and miraculous
powers of illumination in an archaic idiom. The
edge of the mirror is inscribed with a text that
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suggests that it was also produced by an imperial
workshop.
明 銅仿漢銘文鏡
此鏡可能是明代鏡匠仿照漢代銅鏡的紋飾與銘
文而鑄成的。重圈紋分開幾道圈帶，不同圈帶
上鑄有漢代流行的銅鏡銘文。內圈是「內清質
以昭明，光輝象夫日月，心忽穆願忠，然壅
塞不」。外圈是「姚皎光而耀美，挾佳都而
承閒。懷驩察而惟豫，愛存神而不遷。得竝
埶而不衰、精照折而兮侍君乎之」。鏡沿刻
有「河東縣官□」之印記，此鏡亦有可能是
官造銅鏡。

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A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF CHINESE
BRONZE MIRRORS
A LARGE BRONZE ‘FLORAL
SCROLL’ MIRROR
TANG – SONG DYNASTY
crisply cast with eight lobes, the central knob
encircled by radiating petals, surrounded by a
meandering floral scroll, the silvery surface with
cuprite and malachite encrustations
26.5 cm, 10⅜ in.
HK$ 15,000-20,000
US$ 1,950-2,600
唐至宋 銅纏枝寶相花八瓣花式鏡

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