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Nicholas S. Pitcher Oriental Art

Finely cast Chinese Han bronze mirror
China
Han Dynasty
bronze
8.25in. diam.

A large and finely cast Chinese silvered bronze circular mirror decorated with concentric bands of qilin, raised studs and trailing foliage, with areas of green patina to the centre and on one part of the rim. The reverse is almost completely covered in a green verdigris of varying shade.
Han dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD)

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