MID LIAO DYNASTY, 10TH-11TH CENTURY

Two mirrors of this type cast in a similar manner with phoenixes rather than parrots depicted flying amidst clouds around a similar knob-centered flower head are illustrated in Liaodai Tongjing Yanjiu (Study of Mirrors of Liao Dynasty), pp. 124-5, fig. 131, excavated at Xidayingzi, Chaoyang county, Liaoning province, and figs. 132 A & B, excavated at Wuzhangzi, Shengli village, Chaoyang county, Liaoning province.