A RARE SMALL MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BRONZE SIX-LOBED MIRROR

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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A RARE SMALL MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BRONZE SIX-LOBED MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The back finely decorated in mother of pearl and turquoise inlaid in black lacquer with a stylized lotus, with cut-out areas for the insertion of further inlay, with silvery grey patina and extensive malachite encrustation
2¾ in. (7 cm.) across, box

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1995.

Exhibited

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2002-2006, p. 117, no. 96.

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Lot Essay

Compare the small eight-lobed mirror, similarly inlaid in mother of pearl, illustrated by W.P. Yetts, The Eumorfopoulos Collection, vol. II, London, 1930, pl. XXVII, no. B 55, which was also included in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-36, Royal Academy of Arts, London, no. 742.

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