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28 février 2015

A bronze 'Mythical Beasts' mirror with inscription, Sui dynasty

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A bronze 'Mythical Beasts' mirror with inscription, Sui dynastyEstimation 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's.

cast with a central hemispherical knob enclosed by an octagonal frame, and six compartments each with a mythical beast, along the outer band an inscription written in kaishu style - Diameter 7 1/4  in., 18.4 cm

ProvenancePrivate Asian collection, circa 1980-90, by repute. 

Notes:  Translation of the inscription:  

A coiling dragon decorates the fine (mirror) box, and a new (mirror) stand painted with dancing phoenix. When the mirror is out, like a fabulous bird being disturbed and landscape appears,  the sun shines and flowers blossom.  (The mirror) is as round as a turning jade bi-disc, as the full moon cycling back.  Its elegant shape reflects profundity, revealing the gall bladder and its great brightness comes through

Sotheby's. Inscriptions: History as Art New York, 17 mars 2015, 01:30 PM

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