A round bronze mirror of LTV- type. Bronze. Han dynasty - image-1

Lot 745 Dα

A round bronze mirror of LTV- type. Bronze. Han dynasty

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
08.12.2018, 13:00 - China
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.250 € (incl. premium)
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A round bronze mirror of LTV- type. Bronze. Han dynasty

The central knob surrounded by petals within a square with nipples alternating with characters representing the zodiac animals, surrounded by birds, mythological animals, nipples and LTV motifs and a band with an inscription referring to the four cardinal points, at the rim sawtooth patterns. Greyish green patina, the reverse with a blackish shiny patina.
Diameter 18 cm

This is one of the most popular mirror types of the late Western Han dynasty (206 BC-8 AD).

漢 規矩鏡
來源：比利時私人收藏
參閱：《Bronze Mirrors from Ancient China, Donald H. Graham Jr. Collection》，香港1994年，頁140及141; 《上海博物館藏銅鏡精品》，上海2005年，頁154及155; 《故宮銅鏡特展圖錄》，薹北1986年，圖版43

Provenance

Private collection, Belgium

Literature

Compare: Bronze Mirrors from Ancient China, Donald H. Graham Jr. Collection, Hong Kong 1994, p. 140/141; Ancient Bronze Mirrors from the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai 2005, p. 154-155; Catalogue of Special Exhibition of Bronze Mirrors in the National Palace Museum, Taipei 1986, plate 43