Deux petits miroirs en bronze Dynastie des Zhou orientaux, Epoque des Royaumes Combattants, et dynastie des Han de l'Ouest

l'un décoré d'un semis d'entrelacs géométriques autour de trois cercles en léger relief entourant un anneau central, l'autre à décor de trigrammes autour d'une demi-sphère (2)

Acquired in China in the late 1940s.
Thence in the family by descent.

Willem van Heusden, Ancient Chinese Bronzes of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. An illustrated Catalogue of the Van Heusden Collection with a Historical Introduction by Willem van Heusden, Tokyo, 1952, pl. LVIII.

The Huai-style mirror is light, the bronze is polished to a smooth surface, the bronze of light green colour with darker areas. The Han mirror is heavy, the bronze patinated to an almost black colour with spots of encrustations on both sides.
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