Lot 912
912
AN ARCHAISTIC SILVERY BRONZE MIRROR
AN ARCHAISTIC SILVERY BRONZE MIRROR

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

Details
AN ARCHAISTIC SILVERY BRONZE MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The center knob encircled by a band of interlaced scrolls filled with scale and rope-twist patterns, within raised borders and an outer field of confronted dragons with interlaced bodies, with silvery patina and milky-green and ferrous encrustation
6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1990.
Exhibited
The Glorious Traditions of Chinese Bronzes, Singapore, 2000, no. 106.
Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2002-2006.

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Lot Essay

This mirror and others like it are unusual among mirrors of the Tang dynasty, as the decoration and the way in which it is flat-cast are not typical of Tang mirrors, but inspired by Warring States prototypes. Based on excavated examples, such as the very similar mirror found at Beiyao in Luoyang, Henan province, now in the Luoyang Museum and illustrated in Bronze Mirrors Excavated in Luoyang, Beijing, 1988, p. 93, these mirrors are dated to the Tang dynasty.

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