Unusual Round Bronze Mirror

An unusual round bronze mirror with the pierced center in high relief and decorated with a stylized representation of two dragons face to face, as if kissing. This scene is surrounded by a stylized circular star pattern, outside of which are four stylized dragons alternating between four flower-like designs of eight small circles around a central circle. A small encircling separation band of stripes leads to the outermost zone, which is a large and broad starburst pattern with sixteen points.
From China’s Eastern Han dynasty.
Diameter: 20.4 cm.
Thickness: 0.45 cm.
CM007