Beschreibung:

A FINE LARGE BRONZE MIRROR WARRING STATES PERIOD / HAN DYNASTY of large size cast with a band of stylized dragons interlaced with barbed lozenges on a ground of lines, spirals and stippling, the grooved loop in the center enclosed by rings and hatching, the rim raised, the whole with shiny black patina; together with: two bronze mirrors decorated with central bands cast with small bosses alternating with birds and mythical beasts in linear relief, Han dynasty; and two bronze mirrors with four raised bosses alternating with figures or the directional creatures, Han dynasty (5) diameter of widest 7 5/8 in., 19.4 cm