Lot 463. Three bronze mirrors. Estimate £800 - £1,200. Sold for £ 2,295 (€ 2,677). © Bonhams

The first crisply cast with with half-circles around the central boss, Han dynasty,13.5cm (5 1/2in) diam.; the second with three shallow coiling chilong in mutual pursuit, 4th-6th century AD,14cm (5 1/2in) diam.; and the third with five shallow-relief flower sprays around a spiralling flower-head within a lobed rim, the rim with an inscription reading 'County Magistrate of Xihe Zheng Yuran', Northern Song dynasty, 18.5cm (7 1/4in) diam.

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2003, no.11 (barbed-rim mirror).

Note: See a related group of four bronze mirrors, Warring States/Tang dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams London, 16 May 2019, lot 1.

Bonhams. Roger Keverne Ltd Moving On (Part II), London, New Bond Street, 7 Jun 2021