A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1
A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1
An inscribed silvered bronze mirror, Han dynasty | 漢 銅鎏銀神獸紋鏡
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March 22, 07:08 PM GMT
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5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
An inscribed silvered bronze mirror
Han dynasty
漢 銅鎏銀神獸紋鏡 銘文：
長相思 毋相忘 常富貴 樂未央
with a twelve-character inscription reading chang xiang si wu xiang wang chang fu gui le wei yang (We shall think of each other often and never forget (each other). Wish you have continuous prosperity and endless happiness)
Diameter 5½ in., 14 cm
Sotheby's London, 17th July 1956, lot 92.
Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997).
Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. H.8.2.
倫敦蘇富比1956年7月17日，編號92
吳權博士 (1910-1997) 收藏
吳蓮伯博物院，1968年至今，編號H.8.2