AN UNUSUAL LARGE SILVERY BRONZE OCTALOBED MIRROR WITH FLOWERS

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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AN UNUSUAL LARGE SILVERY BRONZE OCTALOBED MIRROR WITH FLOWERS
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
Of kuihua (sunflower) shape, the knob in the center of a finely cast eight-petaled flower set within a beaded border encircled by a band of leafy, budding flower scroll
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) across, 3/16 in. (.4 cm.) thick, box
1664.3g

Provenance

Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, New York, acquired from Alice Boney, Japan, 1960s.

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Lot Essay

Compare the related octalobed mirror of smaller size (18.9 cm.) in the Sumitomo Collection, which also has a central eight-petaled flower surrounded by flower scroll, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Chinese Bronze Mirrors, Sen-Oku Hakuko Kan, Kyoto, 8 January - 6 March 2011, no. 151, where it is dated Tang dynasty, ca. 757-845.

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