Lot 199. A bronze 'Dragon' octalobed mirror, Tang Dynasty (618-907). Width 5 7/8  in., 15 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 10,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's 2014

crisply cast in relief, the pierced central knob encircled by a writhing scaly three-clawed dragon amidst cloud scrolls within a raised octalobed rim, the silvery-gray patina with patches of green and russet encrustation. 

Provenance: Old Japanese collection, circa 1980, by repute.

Exhibited: Uragami Sokyu-do, Co., Ltd., Bronze Mirrors from Sui to Tang Dynasty, Tokyo, 10th November 2010, cat. no. 65.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 18 march 2014