85. Auktion - Asiatika - Emporium Hamburg

7057 An excellent circular alloy mirror
The turtle shaped knob rising from a circular band with a raised
edge decorated with crisply cast figures of lions between bunches
of grapes, the outer ring decorated with birds between bunches of
grapes.
Style of: Tang (618 – 907), age determination uncertain
Diameter: 10cm
N.Thompson, The evolution of the Tang Lion and Grapevine
Mirror, fig.14 (13,12,10)
€ 170.00
7058 A very rare beautiful square bronze-gilt mirror
With a central knob in the shape of a crouching beast, surrounded
by a scene of four gilt-horsemen bearing hunting weapons, between
them four animals, on a background of plants and hills, framed by a
square band of waving and curling patterns.
Style of: Tang (618 – 906), age determination uncertain
Dimensions: 15.5cm x 15.5cm
Christies London, 9-12-1985, lot 195.
€ 200.00
7059 An extremely fine white bronze-gilt mirror in the shape
of an eight-petaled flower
With a central domed knob, surrounded by finely cast and gilt
animals in the shape of two birds and two horses amongst curving
motifs, encompassed by a thin circular band, rimming the outer decorations
between the eight petals of branches, leaves and insects,
covered in a fine green patina.
Style of: Tang (618 – 906), age determination uncertain
Diameter: 18.5cm
National Palace Museum Taipei, Taiwan, 1971, Master Pieces of
Chinese Bronze Mirrors catalogue, no 28, 32 and 37.
€ 190.00