Provenance: Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1992. 

Notes: A similar mirror of comparable size is illustrated by Ju-hsi Chou in Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990, p. 40, no. 21. Another similar mirror excavated from a later tomb of Southern Dynasties date (420-589) is illustrated in "Guangxi: Rongan Anning Nanchao Tomb Excavation Report," Kaogu 1984:7, p. 631, fig. 5. 

Christie's. Luminous Perfection: Fine Chinese Mirrors from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, 22 March 2012, New York, Rockefeller Center