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拍品專文
The decoration may represent the Prince Qiao, the crown prince of King Lin of Zhou, who was said to play so well that he lured the phoenix out of the heavens.
A very similar mirror, dated to the Tang dynasty, in the National Museum of Chinese History, is illustrated in A Journey into China's Antiquity, vol. 3, Beijing, 1997, p. 128, no. 127, where the story of Prince Qiao and the phoenix is described.
A very similar mirror, dated to the Tang dynasty, in the National Museum of Chinese History, is illustrated in A Journey into China's Antiquity, vol. 3, Beijing, 1997, p. 128, no. 127, where the story of Prince Qiao and the phoenix is described.