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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE SWORD, JIAN THREE ARCHAIC BRONZE MIRRORS TEN BRONZE MIRRORS
Eastern Zhou Dynasty The first cast with four shan ideographs Sui/Tang to Ming Dynasty
The long pointed blade with bevelled edges representing the four sacred peaks, Warring Including a bronze Lanca-script mirror, Ming
and a long median ridge, one side with an States period, fitted box, 16.2cm (6 3/8in) dynasty, 8.9cm (3 1/2in) diam.; a small
inscription, the handle ending in a flattened diam.; the second with a large bronze ‘star- bronze foliate-rim mirror, Sui/Tang dynasty,
concave pommel, with olive-green patina and motif’, Western Han dynasty, fitted box, 4.8cm (1 7/8in) diam; a bronze ‘twin-dragon’
malachite encrustations, fitted box. 47cm 19cm (7 1/2in) diam; and the third ‘bosses mirror, signed Xue Hui Gong from Huzhou,
(16in) long. (2). and character’ mirror, Han dynasty or later, Ming dynasty, 11.2cm (4 3/8in) diam.; a
box, 18.5cm (7 1/4in) diam. (6). bronze ‘boys and bird’ mirror, Yuan dynasty,
£1,500 - 2,000 10.4cm (4 1/8in) diam.; a bronze lotus
HK$15,000 - 20,000 £1,000 - 1,500 lappet shaped mirror, Song dynasty, 13.6cm
CNY13,000 - 18,000 HK$10,000 - 15,000 (5 1/4in) long; and a group of five bronze
CNY9,000 - 13,000 mirrors, Qijia culture to Ming dynasty, the
Provenance largest 8cm (3 1/4in) diam. (16).
The Mengdiexuan Collection Provenance
The Mengdiexuan Collection £500 - 800
796 * Exhibited HK$5,100 - 8,200
CNY4,500 - 7,200
FOUR BELT HOOKS Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong
Han Dynasty to Six Dynasties & Urban Council of Hong Kong, Ancient Provenance
Comprising a belt hook inlaid in silver with Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, 12 October - 2 The Mengdiexuan Collection
curvilinear patterns, Han dynasty, fitted box. December 1990 (star-motif mirror)
12.3cm (5in) long; a gilt-bronze rope-twist
belt hook, Han dynasty, fitted box. 15.7cm Literature
(6 1/4in) long; a silver belt hook with floral J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ordos and Chinese
patterns, Western Jin dynasty, box. 15cm (5 bronze, p.244, no.164 (star-motif mirror)
7/8in) long; and a gilt-silver chi-dragon belt
hook, Six dynasties, box10.cm (4 1/8in) long.
(8). The shan (山) character motif is commonly
associated with the Warring States period,
with many similar examples of varying
£1,200 - 1,500 sizes. For a comparable example, see
HK$12,000 - 15,000 Bronze Articles for Daily Use: The Complete
CNY11,000 - 13,000 Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum, Hong Kong, 2006, p.22, no.19.
Provenance
The Mengdiexuan Collection A similar bronze ‘shan’ mirror, Warring States
period, was sold at Sotheby’s New York, 17-
18 September 2013, lot 23.

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