Description
A SILVERY BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR, HAN DYNASTY
China, 206 BC-220 AD. A dragon coiling around the central knob, encircled by a hachured border below sawtooth bands and sinuous chilong on the raised rim. Two collector’s labels to the back.
Provenance: Old English private collection.
Condition: Signs of erosion, abrasions which have expanded into cracks and breakages, some of which show old repairs. The patina on both sides is silvery and there is ferrous and malachite encrustation.
Weight: 365.4 g
Dimensions: Diameter 12 cm
Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related mirror sold by Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 17-18 September 2015, lot 2109, for USD $8,125.
鎏銀青銅鏡,漢代
中國,公元前 206 至公元220。一條龍盤繞于中央鏡鈕四周,鋸齒狀紋帶及環紋帶。背面有兩個收藏家標籤。
來源:英國老私人收藏
品相:腐蝕,擦傷的跡像已擴展為裂縫和破損,其中一些顯示出舊的修復狀況。 兩側的古銅色為銀色,並帶有亞鐵和孔雀石色結殼。
重量:365.4 克
尺寸:直徑 12 厘米