THREE BRONZE MIRRORS WITH INSCRIPTIONS HAN DYNASTY

thinly cast, each with clouds, stylized dragons and geometric designs, the inscriptions all in zhuanshu seal-script

Collection of Mackenzie Gordon, Jr., Washington D.C.

The three mirrors are overall in good condition. There are small patches of malachite encrustation on the surface and the edge. There are some tiny chips on the edge of one of the mirror that has the inscription "You Sir, possess the qualifications for high official post".
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Inscriptions:

(1) May you attain one of the Three Orders of Dukedom.

(2) You Sir, possess the qualifications for high official post.

(3) Continue happiness without limit, may all memory of each other be everlasting.