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A BRONZE 'FLOWER' MIRROR, TANG DYNASTY, A BRONZE 'NARRATIVE' MIRROR, SONG – JIN DYNASTY, AND AN INSCRIBED BRONZE MIRROR
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 HKD
bidding is closed
Description
- silver, bronze
the hexafoil Tang mirror cast in relief with six baoxiang flowerheads, the bright silvery patina with cuprite and malachite encrustations; the mirror with figures portraying the legendary dream of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang visiting the Moon Palace; and the inscribed mirror with twelve characters (probably shou) in jiudiezhuan script surrounded by mythical beasts