A LARGE SILVERED-BRONZE LOBED MIRROR

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A LARGE SILVERED-BRONZE LOBED MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY

Cast in the center with a pierced knop encircled by a wreath of composite flower sprigs and eight detached, blossoming plant medallions, including two each of peony, camellia, nandina and another, the pairs all positioned across from each other below the lobed border, the reverse plain, small areas of encrustation--9 7/8in. (25cm.) diam.

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END OF FIRST SESSION

TEA WILL BE SERVED AT THE END OF THE FIRST SESSION

AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 P.M.

AND

THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND SESSION AT 4:30 P.M.

Lot Essay

For a closely related mirror, dated to the 9th century, which differs in its particular flowers and in having a linked-chain design encircling the central garland, see Rawson and Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, 1990, Catalogue, no. 190