6 mars 2022
An inscribed silvered bronze mirror, Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Lot 107. An inscribed silvered bronze mirror, Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). Diameter 5½ in., 14 cm. Estimate: 5,000 - 7,000 USD. Lot sold: 6,300 USD. © Sothebys.
with a twelve-character inscription reading chang xiang si wu xiang wang chang fu gui le wei yang (We shall think of each other often and never forget (each other). Wish you have continuous prosperity and endless happiness).
Provenance: Sotheby's London, 17th July 1956, lot 92.
Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997).
Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. H.8.2.
Sotheby's. A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1, New York, 22 March 2022
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