A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1

A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1

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An inscribed bronze 'phoenix' mirror, Eastern Han dynasty | 東漢 銅鳳紋鏡

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March 22, 07:08 PM GMT

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4,000 - 6,000 USD

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An inscribed bronze 'phoenix' mirror

Eastern Han dynasty 

東漢 銅鳳紋鏡


with a four-character inscription reading jun yi gao guan (Wish you achieve success and prosperity)

銘文:

君宜高官


Diameter 5 in., 12.8 cm

Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). 

Wou Lien-Pai Museum, coll. no. H.8.13. 


吳權博士 (1910-1997) 收藏

吳蓮伯博物院,編號H.8.13

Rose Kerr et al., Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Hong Kong, 2011, pl. 45.


柯玫瑰等,《Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum》,香港,2011年,圖版45