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) Of kuihua (sunflower) shape, finely cast in relief with two rhinoceroses with textured hide facing each other across the central knob positioned below a stand of bamboo growing within a trellis fence flanked by two flowering plants and hovering insects, with further insects hovering above a plant rising from rippling water below, which is also flanked by two flowering plants, the reverse finely engraved with Guanyin holding a bowl while seated in lalitasana atop a lotus throne, with some areas of malachite encrustation 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) across, 1/8 in. (.3 cm.) thick, box 912g
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) Of kuihua (sunflower) shape, finely cast in relief with two rhinoceroses with textured hide facing each other across the central knob positioned below a stand of bamboo growing within a trellis fence flanked by two flowering plants and hovering insects, with further insects hovering above a plant rising from rippling water below, which is also flanked by two flowering plants, the reverse finely engraved with Guanyin holding a bowl while seated in lalitasana atop a lotus throne, with some areas of malachite encrustation 8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) across, 1/8 in. (.3 cm.) thick, box 912g
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