A large 'TLV' silvered bronze mirror Western Han or Xin interregnum, 1st Century AD

cast with twelve small studs alternating with characters within a square around the central knop, enclosed by eight further studs against a ground of striding dragons and mythical beasts outlined in low relief and interspersed by 'T', 'L' and 'V' symbols, all encircled by a further inscription in seal script and borders of triangles and cloud scrolls

Chase Galleries, Chicago, no. A206 (label).

Compare a similar bronze 'TLV' mirror illustrated in Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000, pl. 3, cat.no. 28.