A BRONZE 'SHAN' MIRROR

LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC

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A BRONZE 'SHAN' MIRROR
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
Finely and crisply cast with a ribbed loop surrounded by a circular border and five feathers enclosed within the five-pointed star created by the connected inner edges of the five shan (mountain) characters, all reserved on a ground of feather pattern, with thin upward-curved rim, with mottled heiqigu patina
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) diam., box

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1989.

Exhibited

The Glorious Traditions of Chinese Bronzes, Singapore, 2000, no. 59.
Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2004, p. 116, no. 95.

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Lot Essay

Compare the very similar mirror illustrated in Ancient Bronze Mirrors in the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, 2005, pp. 78-9, no. 4; one illustrated in Ancient Bronze Mirrors in the National Museum of History, Taipei, 1996, p. 85; and another in the collection of T.Y. King, illustrated by B. Karlgren, "Huai and Han", BMFEA 13, 1941, pl. 16 (C 44).

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