A FINE CHINESE SILVERY BRONZE 'MYTHICAL ANIMALS AND GRAPES' MIRROR, TANG DYNASTY (618 - 907)

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A FINE CHINESE SILVERY BRONZE 'MYTHICAL ANIMALS AND GRAPES' MIRROR, TANG DYNASTY (618 - 907) The mirror is crisply cast with a central knob formed as a crouching animal surrounded by six lions frolicking amidst fruiting grapevine that continues over a raised edge into the outer field where six further lions alternate with birds shown from various angles, all below a band of small detached clouds at the rim. The mirror has a silvery patina and areas of malachite encrustation. It's with a Japanese wooden box. A larger example (26.8cm diameter), see Christie's Hong Kong, 4/4/2017, lot 82. 11.8cm diameter PROVENANCE: A private collection, Melbourne, acquired from Tokyo, Japan. OTHER NOTES: The mirror is crisply cast with a central knob formed as a crouching animal surrounded by six lions frolicking amidst fruiting grapevine that continues over a raised edge into the outer field where six further lions alternate with birds shown from various angles, all below a band of small detached clouds at the rim. The mirror has a silvery patina and areas of malachite encrustation.

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