A bronze 'Star Cluster' mirror, Han Dynasty - Sotheby's

the recessed field of sixteen-point star outline, with four equidistant bosses, each the center of a stylized floret set between constellation motifs with three bosses issuing from grooved lines, the upright knob formed by a further cluster of pointed nipples within a rope-twist border, some light-green encrustation on the silvery-gray patina. Diameter 4 1/4  in., 10.7 cm. Estimation: 5,000 - 7,000 USD

PROVENANCE: Collection of Gale R. Blosser (1913-2009), acquired from Chingwah Lee, San Francisco, California, 20th April 1970.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 19 mars 2013 www.sotheys.com