$960
Bronze Mirror, China, mid-Western Han Dynasty (2nd century B. C.), a small circular "sleeve mirror," the knob formed as a crouching lion, surrounded by a band of raised nipples enclosed in circles and S-shaped scrolls, within a plain double border, all within a flat border of raised linked arcs, the reddish-brown patina with some malachite encrustation, dia. 4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-04-23