A GOLD FOIL-DECORATED IRON MIRROR LATE EASTERN HAN-EARLY SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD OR LATER The very thin gold sheet adhered to the circular iron mirror has a cut-out design depicting Xiwangmu and Dongwanggong seated on opposite sides, each flanked by attendants and separated by two carriages drawn by five horses, all within two cut-out saw-tooth bands. The details and outlines are finely chased. The central knob is also covered by a thin gold sheet. 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) diam., leather box Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK32. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 34.
A GOLD FOIL-DECORATED IRON MIRROR LATE EASTERN HAN-EARLY SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD OR LATER The very thin gold sheet adhered to the circular iron mirror has a cut-out design depicting Xiwangmu and Dongwanggong seated on opposite sides, each flanked by attendants and separated by two carriages drawn by five horses, all within two cut-out saw-tooth bands. The details and outlines are finely chased. The central knob is also covered by a thin gold sheet. 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) diam., leather box Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK32. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 34.
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