A BRONZE 'LION AND GRAPEVINE' MIRROR, TANG DYNASTY
A BRONZE 'LION AND GRAPEVINE' MIRROR, TANG DYNASTYEstimate $1,500 – $2,500
- Lot Sold $1,700 (Hammer Price)
- $2,040 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
an outer band of birds among fruiting vine encircling four lions among further fruiting vines, around a central crouching lion loop for suspension, the silvery patina with some green encrustations, wood box
11.7CM DIAMETER
OTHER NOTES
For another example see Catalogue of Special Exhibition of Bronze Mirrors in the National Palace Museum, pl 82; and another illustrated by Roger Keverne, Chinese Bronze Mirrors, London 2009, Cat. no. 21