Lot 140. A silvery bronze mirror, Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD); 18.4cm diam. Sold for €2,048. Photo Bonhams.

With a central hemispherical knop surrounded by a band of conical bosses interspersed with archaistic characters, encircled by a band of linear scrolls within plain and rope-twist bands, the outer field crisply cast with mythical beasts alternating with nipples centred on scalloped medallions, the bronze with a bright silvery patina.

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 22 March 1995, lot 120.

Bonhams - Cornette de Saint Cyr. CHINESE ART FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION, Paris, 26 October 2023