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LOT 1968
Chinese Tang Tinned Bronze Mirror with Monkeys
TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D OR LATER
6 3/4 in. (1.27 kg, 17 cm).
With one flat face, the other dished with a raised and beaded circular border; decorated with high-relief birds, beasts, floral motifs and bunches of grapes. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired UK, in the 1980s.
Property of a retired South West London doctor.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 17.52, for similar.
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