Emporium Hamburg
Auction 85-86 8-10 May
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An extremely fine white bronze-gilt mirror in the shape of an eight-petaled flower
With a central domed knob, surrounded by finely cast and gilt animals in the shape of two birds and two horses amongst curving motifs, encompassed by a thin circular band, rimming the outer decorations between the eight petals of branches, leaves and insects, covered in a fine green patina.
Style of: Tang (618 – 906), age determination uncertain
Diameter: 18.5cm
National Palace Museum Taipei, Taiwan, 1971, Master Pieces of Chinese Bronze Mirrors catalogue, no 28, 32 and 37.
With a central domed knob, surrounded by finely cast and gilt animals in the shape of two birds and two horses amongst curving motifs, encompassed by a thin circular band, rimming the outer decorations between the eight petals of branches, leaves and insects, covered in a fine green patina.
Style of: Tang (618 – 906), age determination uncertain
Diameter: 18.5cm
National Palace Museum Taipei, Taiwan, 1971, Master Pieces of Chinese Bronze Mirrors catalogue, no 28, 32 and 37.