A circular bronze mirrorWarring States PeriodThe mirror back cast with three stylised dragons in mutual pursuit on a lozenge and diaper ground, the central loop boss surrounded with channel.18.8cm (4/8in) diam注脚ProvenanceCollection of Henri Geene (d.1950), and thence by descent.For a comparable mirror cast with three lozenge-bodied dragons, Warring States 3rd century BC, see Ju-hsi Chou, Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors, Cleveland Museum of Art 2000, no. 7, p. 28.