A SILVERY BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR WITH INSCRIPTION

MID WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 2ND CENTURY BC

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A SILVERY BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR WITH INSCRIPTION
MID WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 2ND CENTURY BC
The central knob encircled by twelve small discs, hatchured and plain bands, eight joined arcs, and an inscription within further hatchured borders, all below the plain rim, with areas of malachite encrustation
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) diam., 5/16 in. (.7 cm.) thick, box
808.6g

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Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, acquired from Alice Boney, Japan, 1960s.

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Similar mirrors are illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji - 16 - Bronze Mirrors, Beijing, 1998, p. 51, no. 50; one from the Sumitomo Collection in the exhibition catalogue, Chinese Bronze Mirrors, Sen-Oku Hakuko Kan, 8 January - 6 March 2011, p. 21, no. 25; and in Ancient Bronze Mirrors from the Shanghai Museum of Art, Shanghai, 2005, pp. 148-9, no. 37. See, also, the similar mirror illustrated by Ju-hsi Chou, Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000, p. 37, no. 16.