TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

Details

A SILVERY-BRONZE LOBED 'LOTUS' MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
6 5⁄8 in. (16.8 cm.) diam., composite stand

Provenance

J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 25 February 1999, no. 2463.

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Lot Essay

Compare the related octalobed mirror of larger size (18.9 cm.) in the Sumitomo Collection, which is decorated with a central eight-petaled flower surrounded by flower scroll, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Chinese Bronze Mirrors, Sen-Oku Hakuko Kan, Kyoto, 8 January-6 March 2011, no. 151, where it is dated Tang dynasty, ca. 757-845.

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