Lot 1268. A silvery-grey bronze eight-lobed mirror, Tang dynasty (618-907); 5 in. (12.7 cm.) across. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 8,125. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011.

The central knob flanked by two parrots with backward-turned heads grasping flower sprigs in their beaks, with a mandarin duck nestled within a lotus leaf above the knob and a lotus flower borne on twin roots below, with insects alternating with flower sprigs in the eight lobes of the rim, with malachite encrustation. 

Provenance: Acquired prior to 2000.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part I and Part II Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, 24 March 2011