AN OCTAFOIL BRONZE MIRROR.
China, Song/Jin dynasty or Korea, Goryeo dynasty, 10th–13th c. Ø 17 cm.
Featuring Ci Fei, the Dragon Slayer on a small boat sailing through choppy seas. Inscription: huang ji chang tian.
Many of these mirrors were unearthed in Kaesong, the capital of Goryeo, but others have also been found in China and dated to the Song/Jin dynasties.
Compare with the exhibition catalogue: Entdeckung Korea! Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, 2011-13. Kat. No. 84-86, p. 344ff.
An almost identical piece from the collection of Robert H. Ellsworth was described as a Song dynasty object at Christie's New York 22 March 2012 lot 1470. The Cleveland Museum features another example where both possibilities are mentioned.
“煌丕昌天”海船纹铜镜
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China, Song/Jin dynasty or Korea, Goryeo dynasty, 10th–13th c. Ø 17 cm.
Featuring Ci Fei, the Dragon Slayer on a small boat sailing through choppy seas. Inscription: huang ji chang tian.
Many of these mirrors were unearthed in Kaesong, the capital of Goryeo, but others have also been found in China and dated to the Song/Jin dynasties.
Compare with the exhibition catalogue: Entdeckung Korea! Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, 2011-13. Kat. No. 84-86, p. 344ff.
An almost identical piece from the collection of Robert H. Ellsworth was described as a Song dynasty object at Christie's New York 22 March 2012 lot 1470. The Cleveland Museum features another example where both possibilities are mentioned.
“煌丕昌天”海船纹铜镜
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