Bronze Mirror

Description:

Bronze Mirror, China, mid-Western Han Dynasty (2nd century B.C.),a small circular "sleeve mirror," the knob formed as a crouching lion, surrounded by a band of raised nipples enclosed in circles and S-shaped scrolls, within a plain double border, all within a flat border of raised linked arcs, the reddish-brown patina with some malachite encrustation, dia. 4 in.
Estimate $1,000-2,000

in good condition


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