ANTIQUE BRONZE MIRROR DECORATED IN CONCENTRIC RINGS (DIAMETER 8 IN.) 



The first or inner ring holds (lie mystic trigram, the "pa-qna," accredited to the first of 

 the legendary emperors (2852-27.38 B. C). This series of lines is of symbolic meaning em- 

 Ixxlying the oldest system of Chinese mystic philosophy. The second ring shows the ' twelve 

 ancient animals " ; the outer, a very decorative inscription of twenty Chinese characters 



BRONZE FU, CHOU DYNASTY 



A sacrificial vessel for holding offerings of boiled grain in state worship 



