A heavy silvered bronze mirror. By Sadatsugu, Edo period, 18th century. Photo Bonhams Cast in typical form and designed with a crane and its young before pine trees, the cord runner formed as a tortoise and with the heraldic crest of the Inaba family,...

A silvered bronze 'shoudai' mirror, China, Xin- (9-23 AD)/early Western Han dynasty (25-220 AD) Crisply cast in relief with the pierced central knob for the silk thread, surrounded by 5 concentric bands with decoration and nipples. D. 15,9 cm. Est. 1200...