Lot 194. An inscribed bronze 'Mythical Beasts' mirror, Sui Dynasty. Diameter 4 3/4 in., 12 cm. Estimation 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Unsold. Photo Sotheby's

cast in the central field with four mythical beasts encircling the pierced knob, the outer border with a twenty-character inscription within narrow dogtooth borders, the silvered surface with green and brown encrustation. 

Provenance: Old Japanese collection, circa 1980, by repute

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