拍品 159
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A RARE WELL-CAST BRONZE MIRROR
A RARE WELL-CAST BRONZE MIRROR

SUI/EARLY TANG DYNASTY, 6TH-7TH CENTURY

細節
A RARE WELL-CAST BRONZE MIRROR
SUI/EARLY TANG DYNASTY, 6TH-7TH CENTURY
The large central knob encircled by six floral medallions, the outer field with ten animals, including phoenixes and fish, in mutual pursuit below a narrow, raised sawtooth and floret border on the canted rim, with an attractive silvery patina with patches of blue-green encrustation
8 3/16 in. (20.6 cm.) diam.

拍品專文

The sawtooth and floret pattern along the canted rim of this mirror, consisting of triangles enclosed within quadruple lines and containing florets composed of raised dots, is a major design element on mirrors from the Sui to early Tang dynasty. A slightly smaller bronze mirror dated to the Sui/Tang period with a similar design on the canted rim, from the Donald. H. Graham Jr. Collection, is illustrated by T. Nakano, Bronze Mirrors from Ancient China, Hong Kong, 1994, p. 199.