Lot 1135. Two bronze circular mirrors, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220); 8¼ and 8½ in. (21 and 21.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 7,000 - USD 9,000. Price Realised USD 10,625. © Christie's Image Ltd 2013

The large knob is surrounded by two seated deities and an attendant separated by four nipples from a dragon and a tiger with backward-turned head, within a hatchured border and below a dogtooth border and band of cloud scroll on the rim. The other has a silvery grey patina and a large knob encircled by four petals separated by characters within a field of eight scallops separated by further characters and outer decorative bands. (2) 

Provenance: Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954) Collection.
The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned in 1962.

Literature: First mirror: The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Chinese Bronzes and Ceramics, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1965, pp. 56-57.