TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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.