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An Etruscan bronze mirror. Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C

An Etruscan bronze mirror. Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C. Photo Bonhams The reverse of the mirror engraved with a Bacchic figural scene of a dancing maenad holding a thyrsus and a nude male figure holding a timpanum, with scrolling foliate decoration around...

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Tags: bronze mirror, Etruscan art, 4th-3rd Century B.C.

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26 mars 2012

An archaistic bronze circular mirror. Tang dynasty (618-907)

An archaistic bronze circular mirror. Tang dynasty (618-907). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The central knob encircled by a band of interlaced scrolls filled with scale and rope-twist patterns, within raised rope-twist borders and an outer field of...

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Tags: archaistic, Tang dynasty, bronze mirror, circular mirror

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24 mars 2012

A bronze circular mirror with animals and inscription. Eastern Han dynasty (25-220)

A bronze circular mirror with animals and inscription. Eastern Han dynasty (25-220). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The large knob set within a square from which project four 'T' motifs positioned below a dragon, a bird, a tiger and a unicorn separated...

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23 mars 2012

An unusual bronze circular 'zigzag'-pattern mirror. Late Warring States Period, 4th-3rd century BC

An unusual bronze circular 'zigzag'-pattern mirror. Late Warring States Period, 4th-3rd century BC. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 Thinly cast, the back centered by a small ribbed loop flanked either side by parallel bands of zigzag or 'lightning'...

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Tags: Warring States Period, bronze mirror, circular mirror, 'zigzag'-pattern

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23 mars 2012

An unusual bronze octafoil mirror with Ci Fei . Song Dynasty (960-1279)

An unusual bronze octafoil mirror with Ci Fei . Song Dynasty (960-1279). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 Of barbed petal outline, the knob surrounded by a crisply cast narrative scene of a ship carrying passengers, one of whom, Ci Fei, the Dragon Slayer,...

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Tags: Song Dynasty, bronze mirror, octafoil mirror, Ci Fei

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21 mars 2012

A silvery bronze circular mirror with two carps. Jin dynasty (1115-1234)

A silvery bronze circular mirror with two carps. Jin dynasty (1115-1234) . Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 Heavily cast in high relief with two carp swimming atop a ground of waves, their large twisting bodies filling almost the entire space surrounding...

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Tags: bronze mirror, Jin dynasty, silvery bronze, circular mirror

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20 mars 2012

A rare bronze circular 'dragon' mirror. Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

A rare bronze circular 'dragon' mirror. Warring States Period (475-221 BC). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The back with a large domed knob finely cast with tight bird scrolls, the surrounding field finely cast in crisp relief with a dense design of...

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Tags: dragon, Warring States Period, bronze mirror, circular mirror

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17 mars 2012

A silvery bronze circular dragon mirror with inscription. Mid Western Han dynasty, 3rd-2nd century BC

A silvery bronze circular dragon mirror with inscription. Mid Western Han dynasty, 3rd-2nd century BC. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The ribbed loop encircled by a rope-twist border and an inscription, the main field flat-cast with three highly stylized...

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Tags: dragon, bronze mirror, Western Han dynasty, silvery bronze, 3rd-2nd century BC

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17 mars 2012

A gilt-bronze circular mirror with deities and beasts. Eastern Han dynasty- Three Kingdoms period, 2nd-3rd century

A gilt-bronze circular mirror with deities and beasts. Eastern Han dynasty- Three Kingdoms period, 2nd-3rd century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The knob incised with a tiger, the main field finely cast in high relief with two seated deities flanked...

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Tags: Gilt-bronze, bronze mirror, 2nd-3rd Century A.D., Eastern Han dynasty, Three Kingdoms period, circular mirror

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17 mars 2012

A cast bronze 'Lion and Grape' mirror. Tang dynasty.

A cast bronze 'Lion and Grape' mirror. Tang dynasty. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams Its canted rim encircled with a band of three-petaled flower heads within the outer ring of grape vines and four lions play within the inner roundel surrounding the raised...

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Tags: Tang dynasty, bronze mirror, 'Lion and Grape'

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