AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The central knob encircled by a band of interlaced scrolls filled with scale and rope-twist patterns, within raised rope-twist borders and an outer field of confronted dragons with interlaced bodies, with heavy malachite and fabric encrustation on the reverse
6 11/16 in. (17 cm.) diam., 3/16 in. (.5 cm.) thick, box
727.8g

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Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1990.

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This mirror and others like it are unusual among mirrors of the Tang dynasty, as the decoration and the way in which it is flat-cast is not typical of Tang mirrors, but inspired by Warring States decoration. Based on excavated examples, such as the very similar mirror found at Beiyao tomb no. 3 in Luoyang, Henan province, and dated ca. mid-eighth century, which is illustrated in Luoyang chutu tongjing, Beijing, 1988, pl. 93, these mirrors are dated to the Tang dynasty. See, also, the similar mirror illustrated by Ju-hsi Chou in Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Bronze Mirrors, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000, p. 79, no. 73; and another from the Sze Yuan Tang Collection sold in these rooms, 16 September 2010, lot 912.