ID 905639
Lot 819 | A SILVERY-BRONZE SQUARE MIRROR
Estimate value
$ 7 000 – 9 000
SONG-JIN DYNASTY, 12TH–13TH CENTURY
One side is cast with a scholar playing the flute opposite a seated tiger holding a wine cup, with a gourd-shaped wine jar between them, all below a five-character inscription reading jie shi ming ru jing (the regional military governor is honorable and incorruptable). The reverse is plain and the silvery surface has areas of green encrustation. There are a few indecipherable characters later-carved on the left side of the flat border.
4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) square, cloth box
Provenance
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 3289.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Song dynasty, Jin dynasty (1115-1234) |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Song dynasty, Jin dynasty (1115-1234) |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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