Emporium Hamburg
Auction 81-83 23-26 Oct 2018
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A very interesting and dated circular bronze mirror
With a small central knob, decorated in high relief with a long five-clawed dragon on a background of clouds, on the left framed Chinese characters stating: "Made on a day in the 5th month, in the 22nd year of Hung-Wu" (this was 1390).
Diameter: 11.4cm
Style of: Ming (Hung-Wu 1390), age determination uncertain
R.Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, p.100. Master Pieces of Chinese Bronze Mirrors in the National Palace Museum Taipei, Taiwan, 1971 catalogue, pl.50
With a small central knob, decorated in high relief with a long five-clawed dragon on a background of clouds, on the left framed Chinese characters stating: "Made on a day in the 5th month, in the 22nd year of Hung-Wu" (this was 1390).
Diameter: 11.4cm
Style of: Ming (Hung-Wu 1390), age determination uncertain
R.Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, p.100. Master Pieces of Chinese Bronze Mirrors in the National Palace Museum Taipei, Taiwan, 1971 catalogue, pl.50