Lot Essay
Compare the mirror of similar type and smaller size (17.1 cm.) of Tang dynasty date illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji - 16 - Bronze Mirrors, Beijing, 1998, pp. 136-7, no. 133.
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A VERY RARE LARGE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR
SONG DYNASTY OR LATER
The heavy, thick mirror finely cast with five mythical beasts shown amidst grapevine while a sixth horned, crouching beast forms the knob in the center, with six further beasts and birds amidst grapevine in the outer field between narrow borders of foliate scroll, the animals and birds gilded
11 5/16 in. (28.7 cm.) diam., 7/16 in. (1 cm.) thick, box
4146.4g
SONG DYNASTY OR LATER
The heavy, thick mirror finely cast with five mythical beasts shown amidst grapevine while a sixth horned, crouching beast forms the knob in the center, with six further beasts and birds amidst grapevine in the outer field between narrow borders of foliate scroll, the animals and birds gilded
11 5/16 in. (28.7 cm.) diam., 7/16 in. (1 cm.) thick, box
4146.4g
Provenance
Dr. med. G. Preuss, no. 529.
Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1990.
Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1990.
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