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THBChinese Han Dynasty Bronze Mirror
Lot 67
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Jul 30, 2020
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2020-07-30 10:00:00
2020-07-30 10:00:00
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. An amazing, heavy, and large bronze mirror, cast with an amazing low relief design of animals and symbols. A rounded knob in the center forms a handle, which is pierced through so that a cord could be attached to it. The animals around it are lions and dragons; they chase each other around the square border surrounding the knob. The other side is a reflective surface, heavy polished and smoothed flat. A mirror this fine would have belonged to the upper ranks of Han Chinese society, who would have fit a cord through the handle and carried it within a sleeve. Size: 4.1" W (10.4 cm) Size: 4.1" W (10.4 cm)
Bronze mirrors have a long history in China - the oldest known comes from a tomb dated to ca. 2100 to 1600 BCE. By the Han Dynasty, mirrors like this one were hugely popular, and were being produced in workshops at various regional centers in order to keep up with the demand from members of the royal court, court officials, and regional government workers. Mirrors like this one were expensive, and only owned by elites in the society. The cast inscription around the body of this one dates it to ca. 200 BCE and the Western Han period; it is meant to bring good fortune to the living and, when placed in a grave, to keep evil spirits away from the dead. A mirror like this one would have been used both for utilitarian purposes - starting fires and seeing one's reflection - and for spiritual - to see invisible spirits.
Provenance: private collection of the late Karming Wong; approximate date of acquisition: late 1970 to early 1980
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#156331Intact, with great, lightly encrusted green patina that does not obscure the motifs on the surface.Condition
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