Ancient chinese bronze mirrors

AFP Published November 11, 2011
A cast bronze Double-Tiered Mirror with Interlaced Mythical Animals dating from the Warring States period (450-221 B.C.E.).
A cast bronze Double-Tiered Mirror with Interlaced Mythical Animals dating from the Warring States period (450-221 B.C.E.).
An Eight-Lobed Mirror with Musicians and Foreign Dancer, cast bronze with inlaid mother-of-pearl, turquoise and amber dating from the Warring States period (450-221 B.C.E.).
An Eight-Lobed Mirror with Musicians and Foreign Dancer, cast bronze with inlaid mother-of-pearl, turquoise and amber dating from the Warring States period (450-221 B.C.E.).
A Mirror with Riders and Figures in Landscape, cast bronze with lacquer and painted mineral pigments dating from the Western Han Dynasty period (206-8 B.C.E.).
A Mirror with Riders and Figures in Landscape, cast bronze with lacquer and painted mineral pigments dating from the Western Han Dynasty period (206-8 B.C.E.).
A Square Double-Tiered Mirror with four facing birds, cast bronze, dating from the Warring States period (450-221 B.C.E.).
A Square Double-Tiered Mirror with four facing birds, cast bronze, dating from the Warring States period (450-221 B.C.E.).
A Mirror with Two Fish on Wave Pattern, cast bronze, dating from the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234).
A Mirror with Two Fish on Wave Pattern, cast bronze, dating from the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234).
A woman reads an exhibition brochure beside a display of a Mirror with Quartrefoil, Grass Motifs, Stars and Linked Arcs, cast bronze, dating from the Western Han Dynasty period (206-8 B.C.E.) (L).
A woman reads an exhibition brochure beside a display of a Mirror with Quartrefoil, Grass Motifs, Stars and Linked Arcs, cast bronze, dating from the Western Han Dynasty period (206-8 B.C.E.) (L).

The gift of a major private collection of ancient Chinese bronze mirrors spanning 3,000 years to the Shanghai Museum was announced November 10th with the collection, the “Ancient Chinese Bronze Mirrors from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection” available for public viewing in a special exhibition, the only venue for public display of the items in the United States before they are transferred to the Shanghai Museum. -Photos by AFP

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