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AN INSCRIBED SILVERED BRONZE 'BEASTS AND ANIMALS' MIRROR, EASTERN HAN DYNASTY
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AN INSCRIBED SILVERED BRONZE 'BEASTS AND ANIMALS' MIRROR, EASTERN HAN DYNASTYChina, 1st-2nd century AD. The circular mirror crisply cast to the reverse with an elephant, a tiger, a dragon, and a stag separated by four bosses and centered by a large knob, encircled by band with inscriptions within hachured and dogtooth borders, and a cast band of archaic scroll on the outer rim.Inscriptions: To the reverse, 'The mirror made by the Wang family is truly excellent. Depicted are immortals who don't know age, when thirsty they drink from the Jade Spring, when hungry, they eat dates.'Provenance: From the private collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, New York. With one old label from the Hartman's inscribed with Alan Hartman's dating for the present lot, 'Han', and numbered 'SXEX OXE'. Alan Hartman (1930-2023) was an influential American art dealer, who took over his parents' antique business in Manhattan and established the legendary Rare Art Gallery on Madison Avenue, with further locations in Dallas and Palm Beach. His wife Simone (née Horowitz) already served as assistant manager of the New York gallery before the couple married in 1975, and together they built a renowned collection for over half a century and became noted art patrons, enriching the collections of important museums including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (which opened the Alan and Simone Hartman Galleries in 2013) as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum in New York. Alan Hartman has been described as the greatest antiques dealer of our generation, and was widely recognized as a world authority in Chinese jade, bronzes, and Asian works of art. Condition: Very good condition with minor old wear, exüected casting irregularities, light surface scratches, few small nicks, areas of minor surface corrosion. The silvery bronze with a rich, naturally grown patina with malachite encrustations.Weight: 859 g Dimensions: Diameter 18.8 cmLiterature comparison:Compare a related bronze mirror with an immortal and auspicious animals, dated to the Eastern Han dynasty, 2nd century AD, 18.5 cm diameter, in the Cleveland Museum of Art, accession number 1995.329. Compare a related bronze mirror with mythical animals, dated to the Eastern Han dynasty, 1st-2nd century AD, 23.5 cm diameter, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 1994.605.12.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's New York, 14 September 2012, lot 1248Price: USD 18,750 or approx. EUR 22,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A bronze mirror, Eastern Han dynastyExpert remark: Compare the closely related form, manner of casting, and design with similar combination of mythical and real animals, and four bosses around the central knob. Note the similar size (21.3 cm) and the central square.

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