Emporium Hamburg
Auction 85-86 8-10 May
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An excellent circular alloy mirror
The turtle shaped knob rising from a circular band with a raised edge decorated with crisply cast figures of lions between bunches of grapes, the outer ring decorated with birds between bunches of grapes.
Style of: Tang (618 – 907), age determination uncertain
Diameter: 10cm
N.Thompson, The evolution of the Tang Lion and Grapevine Mirror, fig.14 (13,12,10)
The turtle shaped knob rising from a circular band with a raised edge decorated with crisply cast figures of lions between bunches of grapes, the outer ring decorated with birds between bunches of grapes.
Style of: Tang (618 – 907), age determination uncertain
Diameter: 10cm
N.Thompson, The evolution of the Tang Lion and Grapevine Mirror, fig.14 (13,12,10)