Emporium Hamburg
Auction 81-83 23-26 Oct 2018
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A very rare and important iron square mirror
With a central domed knob, to the right decorated in high relief with a depiction of Buddha, seated on top of two lotus lowers, with a circular halo around his head, to the left of the knob eight Chinese characters, with dark brown patina and a raised edge around the rim.
Dimensions: 12cm x 12cm
Style of: Song (12th century AD), age determination uncertain
Similar: Orientations, Feb. 1992, pg.50, pl.9. R.Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, pl.80 (Dong, Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
With a central domed knob, to the right decorated in high relief with a depiction of Buddha, seated on top of two lotus lowers, with a circular halo around his head, to the left of the knob eight Chinese characters, with dark brown patina and a raised edge around the rim.
Dimensions: 12cm x 12cm
Style of: Song (12th century AD), age determination uncertain
Similar: Orientations, Feb. 1992, pg.50, pl.9. R.Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, pl.80 (Dong, Victoria and Albert Museum, London).