A rare Chinese jade-inlaid bronze mirror, Warring States period, the outer concave band surrounding an inset ring of jade incised with diagonal lines to simulate rope, 17.5cm diameterProvenance: Private UK collectionCf. Whilst this form of mirror is very rare, a similar example can be seen in the collection of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, in Hai-wai Yi-Chen: Chinese Art in Overseas Collections, Bronze I, no. 168, p.171For a similar rope-twist jade disc, see Illustrated Catalogue of Ancient Jade Artifacts in the National Palace Museum, no. 216

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