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