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A rare parcel-gilt bronze octafoil mirror. Tang dynasty (618-907)

A rare parcel-gilt bronze octafoil mirror. Tang dynasty (618-907). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 Of linghua (water chestnut flower) shape and crisply cast, the knob surrounded by four animals shown in lively positions as they frolic atop a flowering...

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14 mars 2012

A small bronze square 'lion and grapevine' mirror. Tang dynasty (618-907)

A small bronze square 'lion and grapevine' mirror. Tang dynasty (618-907). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 Cast in high relief with four lions shown amidst grapevine surrounding the crouching lion knob, and separated by a square border from the birds,...

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12 mars 2012

An unusual bronze circular 'lion and grapevine', mirror. Tang dynasty (618-907).

An unusual bronze circular 'lion and grapevine', mirror. Tang dynasty (618-907). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The thin mirror crisply cast in high relief with a crouching lion that forms the knob in the center of six lions shown in various positions...

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11 mars 2012

A gold sheet-decorated bronze mirror. Tang dynasty (618-907)

A gold sheet-decorated bronze mirror. Tang dynasty (618-907). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 The back applied with a thin gold sheet pressed over the cast decoration of two pairs of mandarin ducks in flight between flower sprigs as they circle the...

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10 mars 2012

A bronze circular mirror with coiled dragon. Tang dynasty (618-907)

A bronze circular mirror with coiled dragon. Tang dynasty (618-907). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 Crisply cast in relief with a single three-clawed, scaly dragon striding amidst four vaporous clouds as it turns its head around to bite the knob which...

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9 mars 2012

A square bronze mirror with trigrams and directional animal decoration. Tang dynasty

A square bronze mirror with trigrams and directional animal decoration. Tang dynasty. Photo Sotheby's framed with a deep rim, the 'Eight Trigrams' surrounding four celestial emblems representing the four cardinal directions; the dragon of the east, the...

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8 mars 2012

A rare silvery bronze circular mirror with two animals and inscription. Sui-Early Tang dynasty, 6th-7th century

A rare silvery bronze circular mirror with two animals and inscription. Sui-Early Tang dynasty, 6th-7th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 Finely cast in high relief with two lean dogs depicted as if running or hunting as they encircle the knob,...

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6 mars 2012

A rare large silvery bronze octalobed mirror. Tang dynasty (618-907)

A rare large silvery bronze octalobed mirror. Tang dynasty (618-907). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 Of kuihua (sunflower) shape, the knob forming the center of an eight-petaled flower flanked by a pair of standing phoenixes with knotted, tasseled...

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6 mars 2012

A rare bronze square mirror. Tang dynasty (618-907)

A rare bronze square mirror. Tang dynasty (618-907). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 With rounded corners, the knob encircled by a flower head and flanked by two female celestial beings shown floating while holding an oil lamp in each hand below a pavilion...

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6 mars 2012

A very rare silvery bronze octalobed mirror with rhinoceroses. Tang dynasty (618-907)

A very rare silvery bronze octalobed mirror with rhinoceroses. Tang dynasty (618-907). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 Of kuihua (sunflower) shape, finely cast in relief with two rhinoceroses with textured hide facing each other across the central knob...

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