Lot 188 或為唐 鎏銀青銅葵花式龍紋鏡 | An impressive and large silvered bronze 'dragon' lobed mirror, probably Tang Dynasty

或為唐 鎏銀青銅葵花式龍紋鏡 | An impressive and large silvered bronze 'dragon' lobed mirror, probably Tang Dynasty

GBP 8,000

Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000

30.2cm wide

未知

This large and impressive silvered bronze mirror of considerable scale, with a petal-form lobed edge, decorated to the centre with a large three-clawed writhing fierce looking dragon amidst stylised ruyi clouds coiled around the central knob
(Quantity:1)
Dimensions: 30.2cm wide
Provenance:
Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018), Singapore, and thence by descent;
Purchased from Alex Koh, International, on 6 February 1999;
Private collection, London
來源：
郭曲理（1921–2018）舊藏，新加坡，此後家族傳承
1999年2月6日購自新加坡國際古董商許光泉
倫敦私人珍藏
Notes:
For comparable examples, please refer to mirror attributed to the Tang dynasty in 'Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Mirrors', The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000, no. 72, p.78; for similar mirrors sold at auctions, please refer to one from the Donald H. Graham Jr. Collection sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, 6 April 2015, lot 105; another from the Anthony Hardy collection sold at Christie's, New York, 16 Septe 2010, lot 922;
同類器物可參見：《反射之圓：卡特珍藏中國銅鏡》，克里夫蘭藝術博物館，2000年，頁78，編號72（定為唐代）；
拍賣所見：同類銅鏡可參見格雷厄姆舊藏一例，售於香港佳士得，2015年4月6日，編號105；安思遠舊藏另一例，售於紐約佳士得，2010年9月16日，編號922。