Lot 719. A bronze circular mirror with deities and animals, China, Mid-late Eastern Han Dynasty, Late 2nd-3rd century AD;  5 ½ in. (14 cm.) diameter; 550 g. Estimate $5,000 - $7,000. Price Realized $37,500. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The knob encircled by four bixie alternating with deities, within a band of plain semi-circles alternating with squares enclosing characters, below two narrow bands on the rim, the inner with racing dragons, a celestial chariot, animals and figures, the outer with cloud scroll, with blackish-grey patina, box.

Provenance: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1990.

Christie's. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH PART IV - CHINESE WORKS OF ART: METALWORK, SCULPTURE AND EARLY CERAMICS, 20 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.