WFE 24 A bell-shaped bronze mirror

宋 銅編鐘形鏡《匪鑑斯鏡 以妝爾容》《李道人造》款


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Song dynasty (960-1279)

cast in the shape of a bell with an angular handle at the top, with a loop handle with zig-zag opening and suspending a loose ring above a four-character sealmark reading Li dao renzao (Made by Daoist Li) and flanked by a low relief eight-character inscription highlighting the Daoist function of the mirror reading feijian sijing yizhuang errong. The bronze is patinated to a greenish brown colour
13,7 cm high

Provenance: The Ulrich Hausmann Collection, sold at Sotheby's Hong
                      Kong, 'Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich
                      Hausmann', Hong Kong, 8 October 2014, Lot 3388

                      Collection of E. Kotanyi, Berlin, 1970's


WFE 24 宋 銅編鐘形鏡《匪鑑斯鏡 以妝爾容》《李道人造》款
時代:宋朝,西元960至1279年。
特徵:鏡子頂部有用於懸掛的矩形孔,背面鑄有一個圓環,圓環下方鑄四字「李道人造」,兩旁有銘文「匪鑑斯鏡 以妝爾容」。
尺寸:高13.7公分。
來源:Ulrich Hausmann收藏,於香港蘇富比2014年10月8日《尚古吉金:未了情園典藏青銅器》拍場售出,拍品編號3388。1970年代柏林E. Kotanyi收藏。
      

 

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