A miniature silver sheet-inlaid bronze circular mirror, China, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907)

Lot 720. A miniature silver sheet-inlaid bronze circular mirror, China, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907);  2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) diameter; 64 g. Estimate $5,000 - $7,000. Price Realized $10,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The bronze mirror inlaid with a silver sheet chased with a central crouching animal encircled by two lions alternating with birds, all reserved on a fine ring-punched ground within rope-twist and bead borders, box.

Provenance: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1989.

Christie's. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH PART IV - CHINESE WORKS OF ART: METALWORK, SCULPTURE AND EARLY CERAMICS, 20 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.