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Chinese Tang Style Gilt Bronze Mirror with Erotic Scenes Chinese Tang Style Gilt Bronze Mirror with Erotic Scenes Chinese Tang Style Gilt Bronze Mirror with Erotic Scenes
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LOT 2144

Chinese Tang Style Gilt Bronze Mirror with Erotic Scenes

20TH CENTURY A.D.

7 5/8 in. (1.12 kg, 19.5 cm).

Discoid in plan with a raised border and central domed and pierced knop; decorated with alternating roundels of foliate tendrils and erotic figures; tinned mirror face; after the antique.

Provenance

Collected from 1979-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.

CONDITION
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LOT 2144

Chinese Tang Style Gilt Bronze Mirror with Erotic Scenes

Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

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