Emporium Hamburg
Auction 85-86 8-10 May
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A very special circular bronze TLV mirror with silver shine
With a central domed knob within a circle, framed by a square, followed by a band finely cast with four small knobs at each corner of the square, shapes in the form of T's, L's and V's on a background of curling vines, encompassed by three rings decorated with vertical lines, hack-tooth and zigzag lines.
Style of: Eastern Han (1st century AD), age determination uncertain
Diameter: 10.4cm
Areas with some corrosion
Orientations, Dec. 1988, pg.47, fig.8, 9 and 10. National Palace Museum Taipei, Taiwan, 1971, Master Pieces of Chinese Bronze Mirrors catalogue, pl.8, 17 and 25. http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-bronze-tlv-mirror-han-dynasty-4181312-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4181312&sid=c5bf128f-07b8-4f9d-8c7b-421077206946
With a central domed knob within a circle, framed by a square, followed by a band finely cast with four small knobs at each corner of the square, shapes in the form of T's, L's and V's on a background of curling vines, encompassed by three rings decorated with vertical lines, hack-tooth and zigzag lines.
Style of: Eastern Han (1st century AD), age determination uncertain
Diameter: 10.4cm
Areas with some corrosion
Orientations, Dec. 1988, pg.47, fig.8, 9 and 10. National Palace Museum Taipei, Taiwan, 1971, Master Pieces of Chinese Bronze Mirrors catalogue, pl.8, 17 and 25. http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-bronze-tlv-mirror-han-dynasty-4181312-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4181312&sid=c5bf128f-07b8-4f9d-8c7b-421077206946