Lot 210. A bronze 'Bird and Flower' octafoil mirror, Tang Dynasty. Diameter 4 1/2 in., 11.3 cm. Estimate 5,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 5,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's 2014

cast around the central pierced knob in relief with four birds in flight interspersed with floral sprigs, the raised edge with a further eight florets, the grayish-silvered surface with traces of green encrustation. 

Provenance: Old Japanese collection, circa 1980, by repute

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