A SMALL CHINESE SILVER-BACKED SQUARE BRONZE MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The back of the mirror inset with a silver sheet decorated in repoussé with the 'lion and grapevine' design, with a crouching lion in the center surrounded by four lions amidst grapevine within a raised border, and with birds amidst further grapevines in the outer field, with areas of malachite encrustation
3 ½ in. (8.8 cm.) square, lucite stand
A SMALL CHINESE SILVER-BACKED SQUARE BRONZE MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The back of the mirror inset with a silver sheet decorated in repoussé with the 'lion and grapevine' design, with a crouching lion in the center surrounded by four lions amidst grapevine within a raised border, and with birds amidst further grapevines in the outer field, with areas of malachite encrustation
3 ½ in. (8.8 cm.) square, lucite stand
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