拍品專文
The form and decoration of this mirror takes its inspiration from Tang dynasty silvered bronze 'lion and grapevine' mirrors. Lion designs were first introduced into China with the introduction of Buddhism, and became a popular motif on bronze mirrors in the Tang period, very often combined with grape designs.
The inscription contains lines from the poem Mu Chun Ji Shi by Ye Cai of the Song period, which describes a scene in which a scholar is studying the Book of Changes in springtime, as birds pass the scholar's desk and flowers fall through the window and into the ink well.
The inscription contains lines from the poem Mu Chun Ji Shi by Ye Cai of the Song period, which describes a scene in which a scholar is studying the Book of Changes in springtime, as birds pass the scholar's desk and flowers fall through the window and into the ink well.