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Four silvered bronze mirrors, Han dynasty (220 B.C. - 206 A.D).

Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
742 - 928 EUR
786 - 982 USD
Hammer price
6 500 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
Four silvered bronze mirrors, Han dynasty (220 B.C. - 206 A.D).

Comprising: two with bosses and scrolling motifs. Diameter 9-13 cm. Traugot label 2260 and 2261. Two silvered bronze mirrors with a central star motif encircled by a band of abstract motifs and symbols. Diameter 8-10 cm. Traugott label 2256 and 2258.

Wear, tarnished. The large one with a retouched crack.

Provenance

Traugot Label 2256 och 2258. Listed as purchased from Auktion Han Frankfurt, Maj 1930. Samlung Aug. S? Hamburg.

From the Collection of Ivan Traugott. (1871-1952). Thence by descent within the family. Traugott was a Swedish businessman and important art collector. An early member of the China club, investor in the Karlbeck consortium and good friend and sponsor of Johan Gunnar Andersson in the early 20th century. A large part of his collections can be seen today at Nationalmuseum and East Asian Museum in Stockholm.