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A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF CHINESE
BRONZE MIRRORS
TWO BRONZE HAN-STYLE
MIRRORS
MING AND QING DYNASTY OR
EARLIER

the left mirror cast with Xiwangmu seated
opposite her consort Dongwanggong, each
flanked by attendants and divided by pairs
of mythical beasts, enclosed within a ring of
inscription in seal script; the right one with a
similar design, but centred with a double square 560
and without inscription
18.8 and 16.3 cm, 7⅜ and 6⅜ in.
HK$ 5,000-10,000
US$ 650-1,300
明及清或更早 銅仿漢四乳三角沿神獸鏡兩面

左鏡銘文：
尚方作鏡封日子，明如日月世之流，上有東王
父、西王母、仙人、子喬赤松子。

561

A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF CHINESE
BRONZE MIRRORS
A BRONZE ‘WINGED BEAST’
MIRROR, THREE KINGDOMS – JIN
DYNASTY, AND TWO BRONZE
FIGURAL MIRRORS, MING
DYNASTY

the archaic mirror cast with six winged beasts
divided by bosses; the eight-lobed mirror
depicting the story of Xu You and Chao Fu;
and the seven-lobed mirror cast with a seated
immortal and an attendant, further decorated 561
with a crane and a turtle
19, 15 and 20 cm, 7 1/2, 5⅞ and 7⅞ in.
HK$ 16,000-28,000
US$ 2,050-3,600
魏晉 銅六乳天馬人物三角沿鏡
明 銅許由巢父圖與道教神仙說法圖鏡各一

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