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Lot 753 Dα

A bronze mirror. Late 14th century

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
08.12.2018, 13:00 - China
Estimate: 300 € - 400 €
Result: 3.750 € (incl. premium)
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A bronze mirror. Late 14th century

In relief a winding dragon and clouds on a wave pattern background with a cartouche containing the inscription "made on a day in the fifth month of the twenty-second year of Hongwu" (=1390). Shiny black lacquer patina. On the reverse the number 504.XV in black ink and a paper label with a description and the collector's number 20.
Diameter 10,8 cm

Provenance

Collection J. J. Wilgaard, Apenrade, sold at J. M. Heberle (H. Lempertz' Söhne), Cologne, 16.-19.12.1901, lot 504
Collection Franz Xaver Bachem (1857-1936), Cologne, acquired at the above auction, documented 19.12.1901

Literature

Illustrated in: Bachem 1933, plate 75. This is a well-known mirror type and many such examples habe been published, see for example R. Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, London 1990, p. 100.