Lot 3013. A rare and large bronze 'six mountain' mirror, Late Warring States period, 4th-3rd century BC; 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) diam., box. Estimate HKD 500,000 - HKD 800,000. Price realised HKD 625,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021

The mirror is crisply cast with a ribbed loop surrounded by a circular border and five feathers enclosed within the six-pointed star created by the connected inner edges of the six shan, ‘mountain’, characters, all reserved on a ground of swirl pattern, with thin upward-curved rim. The bronze has a silvery grey, lacquer-like patina with some malachite and azurite encrustations.

Provenance: A Canadian Private Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1996.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 28 May 2021