ID 807276
Lot 833 | A SMALL SQUARE SILVER-BACKED BRONZE 'LION AND GRAPEVINE’ MIRROR
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 7 000
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The back is inlaid with a silver sheet chased with four lions shown amidst grapevines surrounding the crouching-lion knob, enclosed by a border of birds and dragonflies amidst further grapevines.
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) square, cloth box
Provenance
Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 19 October 1992.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Tang dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Tang dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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