Lot 89: A Pair of Chinese Bronze Mirrors, Ming Dynasty or Later

A pair of circular bronze mirrors, dating to the Ming Dynasty or later. The left mirror features a central boss surrounded by a high-relief design of two confronting dragons, with a rectangular cartouche above inscribed with the characters ‘仙人’ (xiānrén), meaning ‘immortal’ or ‘celestial being’. The right mirror displays a central boss within a cruciform border, separating four square cartouches inscribed with the characters ‘九’ (jiǔ – nine), ‘間’ (jiān – room/space), ‘居’ (jū – reside), and ‘世’ (shì – world/generation).