A GOLD FOIL-DECORATED IRON MIRROR, LATE EASTERN HAN-EARLY SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD OR LATER
A GOLD FOIL-DECORATED IRON MIRROR
LATE EASTERN HAN-EARLY SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD OR LATER
The very thin gold sheet adhered to the circular iron mirror has a cut-out design depicting Xiwangmu and Dongwanggong seated on opposite sides, each flanked by attendants and separated by two carriages drawn by five horses, all within two cut-out saw-tooth bands. The details and outlines are finely chased. The central knob is also covered by a thin gold sheet.
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) diam., leather box
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A GOLD FOIL-DECORATED IRON MIRROR
LATE EASTERN HAN-EARLY SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD OR LATER
The very thin gold sheet adhered to the circular iron mirror has a cut-out design depicting Xiwangmu and Dongwanggong seated on opposite sides, each flanked by attendants and separated by two carriages drawn by five horses, all within two cut-out saw-tooth bands. The details and outlines are finely chased. The central knob is also covered by a thin gold sheet.
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) diam., leather box
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