A BRONZE CIRCULAR 'DRAGON' MIRROR
MID WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 2ND CENTURY BC
A BRONZE CIRCULAR 'DRAGON' MIRROR MID WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 2ND CENTURY BC Thinly and crisply cast in thread relief with two dragons with slender scrolling bodies and jaws open as they confront each other on either side of the central knob rising from a quatrefoil within a square, all within an outer border of linked arcs, the quatrefoil and the linked arc border with silvery patina in contrast to the almost matte dark grey ground, the reverse also with silvery patina 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm.) diam., 1/16 in. (.2 cm.) thick, box 108.1g
A BRONZE CIRCULAR 'DRAGON' MIRROR
MID WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 2ND CENTURY BC
A BRONZE CIRCULAR 'DRAGON' MIRROR MID WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, 2ND CENTURY BC Thinly and crisply cast in thread relief with two dragons with slender scrolling bodies and jaws open as they confront each other on either side of the central knob rising from a quatrefoil within a square, all within an outer border of linked arcs, the quatrefoil and the linked arc border with silvery patina in contrast to the almost matte dark grey ground, the reverse also with silvery patina 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm.) diam., 1/16 in. (.2 cm.) thick, box 108.1g
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