A BRONZE OCTAFOIL MIRROR

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23.03.2023 08:30UTC -04:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 905618
Lot 818 | A BRONZE OCTAFOIL MIRROR
A BRONZE OCTAFOIL MIRROR

SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)

The mirror is cast with a central knob and a scene of Bodhidharma standing on a reed while navigating wind-blown waves and holding his hat, opposite a temple which emerges from a water spout that rises from a dragon’s mouth, all enclosed by the barbed and lobed edge. The reverse is plain and the silvery-grey surface has areas of malachite and azurite patination.

6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam., composite stand





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J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 2508.
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