CHINA - Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD)
Silvered... Lot 16
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CHINA - Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD)
Silvered bronze mirror, the socket surrounded by a square decorated with foliage, surrounded by eight buttons and "TLV" motifs, and the Four Animals indicating the cardinal directions, stylized animals and "TLV" motifs surrounded by an inscription under the rust, a legible phrase: zijiusun zhi zhong yang (very many descendants hold the central authority), snakes and birds.
(Oxidations).
Diameter : 16,4 cm
Reference : Similar mirror in the Guimet Museum, Paris, n°MG18297.
Provenance : Galerie Themis, Brussels, April 23, 1952.
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