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           TWO BRONZE MIRRORS
           Comprising a bronze ‘TLV’ mirror, Han
           dynasty, the raised central knob enclosed
           within a square of twelve raised bosses
           separated by characters representing the
           twelve branches below the TLV motifs,
           14.1cm (5 1/2in) diam.; and a lobed bronze
           mirror, Tang dynasty, cast with a pair of
           phoenix and flowers, 16.5cm
           (6 1/2in) diam. (2).

           £800 - 1,200
           CNY7,200 - 11,000

           Please note this Lot is to be sold at
           No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

           漢及唐 銅鏡 一組兩件
           Published, Illustrated and Exhibited:
           Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition,         461
           London, 2008, no.12 (mirror with phoenixes)
           Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition,
           London, 2011, no.4 (TLV mirror)

           展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，
           《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2008年，編號12
           （鳳紋花口鏡）
           Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，
           倫敦，2011年，編號4（博局紋鏡）

           Compare with a very similar archaic bronze
           ‘TLV’ mirror, Eastern Han dynasty, illustrated
           by J.Rawson & E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese
           and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990,
           p.253, no.171.

           463
           THREE BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRRORS
           The first crisply cast with with half-circles
           around the central boss, Han dynasty,13.5cm                     462
           (5 1/2in) diam.; the second with three shallow
           coiling chilong in mutual pursuit, 4th-6th
           century AD,14cm (5 1/2in) diam.; and the third
           with five shallow-relief flower sprays around
           a spiralling flower-head within a lobed rim,
           the rim with an inscription reading ‘County
           Magistrate of Xihe Zheng Yuran’, Northern
           Song dynasty, 18.5cm (7 1/4in) diam. (3).

           £1,200 - 1,500
           CNY11,000 - 14,000

           Please note this Lot is to be sold at
           No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

           漢至北宋 銅鏡 一組三件
           Published, Illustrated and Exhibited:
           Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition,
           London, 2003, no.11 (barbed-rim mirror)                   463
           展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，
           《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2003年，編號11
           （葵口鏡）

           See a related group of four bronze mirrors,
           Warring States/Tang dynasty, which was sold
           at Bonhams London, 16 May 2019, lot 1.

           For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
           please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.  ROGER KEVERNE LTD: MOVING ON (II)  |  33
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