A MINIATURE PARCEL-GILT SILVER-BACKED BRONZE HEXAFOIL MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
A MINIATURE PARCEL-GILT SILVER-BACKED BRONZE HEXAFOIL MIRROR TANG DYNASTY (618-907) Of barbed outline, the back inlaid with a silver sheet chased in the center with a crouching animal knob from which issues two encircling leafy vines that support two lions and two birds within a lobed border, all gilded in contrast to the fine ring-punched silver ground, the bronze mirror with silvery grey patina and some malachite encrustation 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) across, 3/16 in. (.4 cm.) thick, box 60.5g
A MINIATURE PARCEL-GILT SILVER-BACKED BRONZE HEXAFOIL MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
A MINIATURE PARCEL-GILT SILVER-BACKED BRONZE HEXAFOIL MIRROR TANG DYNASTY (618-907) Of barbed outline, the back inlaid with a silver sheet chased in the center with a crouching animal knob from which issues two encircling leafy vines that support two lions and two birds within a lobed border, all gilded in contrast to the fine ring-punched silver ground, the bronze mirror with silvery grey patina and some malachite encrustation 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) across, 3/16 in. (.4 cm.) thick, box 60.5g
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