AN EMBELLISHED AND GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED ZITAN HAND MIRROR QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

the circular zitan frame decorated with floral scrolls inlaid with green-stained ivory, red-coloured stones and mother-of-pearl on one side, and a silk embroidery of a lotus and butterfly on the reverse, the baluster-form handle inlaid with archaistic motifs in silver wire and similarly embellished with hardstones and mother-of-pearl, further attached to the mirror with a reticulated archaistic gilt-bronze mount