Emporium Hamburg
Auction 85-86 8-10 May
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A very rare and important circular bronze mirror
With a central domed knob, from which four leaves shape a cross, encompassed by a ring, followed by a smooth band, a band with vertical lines closely set and another band with vertical lines, less close, covered with a bright, smooth patina, indicating great age.
Style of: Late Shang - Early Zhou (11th century BC), Origin: Northern China or Mongolia, age determination uncertain
Diameter: 6cm
Orientations, Dec. 1988, pg.35, fig.9
With a central domed knob, from which four leaves shape a cross, encompassed by a ring, followed by a smooth band, a band with vertical lines closely set and another band with vertical lines, less close, covered with a bright, smooth patina, indicating great age.
Style of: Late Shang - Early Zhou (11th century BC), Origin: Northern China or Mongolia, age determination uncertain
Diameter: 6cm
Orientations, Dec. 1988, pg.35, fig.9