A large bronze 'mythical animals and grapes' mirror


Tang DynastyCrisply cast with a crouching-lion knop in the centre, surrounded by three lions and three qilin, all amongst fruiting grapevines within a circular border, the concave border containing seated and flying birds as well as lions and beasts also surrounded by grapes and vines, all within a decorative tri-foliate border, fitted box. 21cm (8 1/4in) diam. (2).
|唐 銅海獸葡萄紋鏡Provenance: The Mengdiexuan CollectionExhibited: University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, Adornment for Body and Soul: Ancient Chinese Ornaments from the Mengdiexuan Collection, 13 March - 11 August 1999Published: Adornment for Body and Soul: Ancient Chinese Ornaments from the Mengdiexuan Collection, Hong Kong, 1999, p.149, no.50.來源： 香港夢蝶軒收藏展覽： 1999年3月13日至8月11日於香港大學美術博物館「金翠流芳：夢蝶軒藏中國古代飾物」特展展出出版： 《金翠流芳：夢蝶軒藏中國古代飾物》，香港，1999年，頁149，編號50A related bronze 'sea beasts and grapes' mirror, Tang dynasty, similarly decorated but smaller in size, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 18-19 March 2014, lot 208.