Lot 870
Interesting Bronze Mirror with Cosmic Designs. China, Eastern Han, 25-220 AD. Heavy cast mirror. The face lightly convex and highly polished. The back with sunken center with geometric designs; the edge raised, with dog-tooth border and floral arabesques. At center, loop for suspension. Cf. especially another example at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also Eastern Han (AC.1998.251.28). Intact and in choice condition, with glossy variegated patina. Old, yellowed sticker and inked inventory number on face.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
"Old Grand Tour Collection," c. pre-1930. This class of mirror known as the "TLV" type. The four T's that stand around the central square earth are the four cardinal points. The four V's mark the four corners of heaven. The four L's represent tools used by carpenters to set a straight line. All of these a means of connecting cosmic lines for channeling purposes.
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