Two archaic bronze mirrors


Western and Eastern Han DynastyBoth heavily cast, one mirror with a dense design of stylised dragons around the central medallion with characters, the other mirror with a design of figures and animals. The largest 23cm (9 1/8in) diam.
|西漢及東漢 銅大樂貴富變形龍紋鏡及龍氏畫像鏡Provenance: The Mengdiexuan CollectionExhibited: Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong & Urban Council of Hong Kong, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, 12 October - 2 December 1990 (dragons and characters-decorated mirror)Published and Illustrated: J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, p.236, no.156 (dragons and characters-decorated mirror)來源： 香港夢蝶軒收藏展覽： 1990年10月12日至12月2日於香港市政局暨香港東方陶瓷學會「青銅聚英：中國古代與鄂爾多斯青銅器展覽」展出 （銅大樂貴富變形龍紋鏡）出版： J.Rawson及E.Bunker著，《青銅聚英：中國古代與鄂爾多斯青銅器》，香港，1990年，頁236，編號156 （銅大樂貴富變形龍紋鏡）Compare a similar archaic bronze mirror, Han dynasty, illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Bronze Mirrors in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1971, no.7.