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A LOBED RIM PARCEL-GILT BRONZE MIRROR AN UNUSUAL INSCRIBED BRONZE INCENSE BURNER
Tang dynasty Xuande mark, Qing dynasty
The eight-side lobed rim mirror with four raised and gilt lobed Heavily cast in bombé-form, the bulging exterior with panels of
cartouches composed of foliate scrolls and each containing a bird combined Lantsa script on one side and five sanscrit characters on the
perched on a flower, all within a band of regularly spaced flower heads, other, divided by lion-mask handles, the base cast with a six-character
the underside polished with some verdigris. Xuande mark.
4 1/2in (11.5cm) wide 7 1/2in (19cm) wide
$5,000 - 7,000 $6,000 - 8,000
唐 銅鎏金花 紋八花鏡 清 銅 「大明 年 」 書 款
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