Lot 254 D α

A round bronze mirror. Tang dynasty

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
03.06.2015, 14:00 - Chinese Decorative Arts, Tibet/Nepal, India, South-East Asia
Estimate: 450 € - 550 €
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A round bronze mirror. Tang dynasty

A round bronze mirror with a rounded rim and a central knob, surrounded by a flower and two phoenixes, a jumping qilin and a jumping lion. Restored. Tang dynasty.
Diameter 16.7 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Western Germany

Literature

Compare very similar mirrors in: Wu Shuicun, Jiujiang chutu tongjing (Bronze Mirrors Excavated in Jiujiang), 1993?, fig. 58; Wang Wanghuai (ed.), Sanhuaitang cang jing (Mirrors in the Collection of Sanhuaitang), Beijing 2004, p. 197; Li Dewen, Liuan chutu tongjing (Bronze Mirrors Excavated at Liuan), Beijing 2008, p. 186, fig. 160