A SILVERED BRONZE ‘LION AND GRAPEVINES’ MIRROR, TANG DYNASTY 唐代海獸葡萄鎏銀銅鏡Published: Treasures of Chinese Art, Chinese Art in Czech private collections, Galerie Arcimboldo, Prague, 2016, pp. 40-41.China, 618-906. Of circular form, the back cast in high relief in the center with a crouching lion knob encircled by four lions and scrolling grapevines, and in the outer field with twelve birds amid similar vines and grape bunches, below a band of scrolling leaves.Inscriptions: The box inscribed ‘Tang dynasty, sea beast and grape mirror, 11.9 cm, 1.3 cm’.Provenance: From a noted Czech private collection. A Japanese collector’s box with an old paper label, inscribed by a previous owner, accompanies this lot. (2) Condition: Good condition with some wear, small nicks, a single fissure with associated minuscule losses, the rim with a smoothened chip. Overall with fine malachite and cuprite encrustations. The design still crisp and the silvering well preserved.Weight: 554.3 g Dimensions: Diameter 12 cmLiterature comparison:A similar mirror, dated to the Tang dynasty, of slightly larger size (14.5 cm), is illustrated by S. Cahill in The Lloyd Cotsen Study Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors, vol. I: Los Angeles, 2012, pp. 94-95.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie’s New York, 19 September 2014, lot 1014Price: USD 15,000 or approx. EUR 19,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A silvery bronze 'lion and grapevine' mirror, Tang dynasty (ad 607-907)Expert remark: Compare the closely related motif, malachite patina, and size (13.2 cm)唐代海獸葡萄鎏銀銅鏡中國，618-906年。圓形，背面中央高浮雕，臥獅鈕，四周環繞著四隻海獸和葡萄藤，外場有十二隻神鳥與葡萄藤和葡萄串，卷葉紋。出版：《Treasures of Chinese Art，Chinese Art in Czech private collections》，Galerie Arcimboldo，2016年，布拉格，第40-41頁。 款識：唐時代海獸葡萄銅鏡 11.9 （厘米），1.3 （厘米） 來源：捷克私人收藏。日本收藏家的盒子和一個舊紙標簽，前任藏家Dr. Kokubo 書寫。 品相：狀況良好，有一些磨損、小刻痕、單個裂痕以及相應的微小缺損，邊緣有平滑的磕損。整體帶有細膩的紅綠銅鏽結殼。浮雕仍然清晰，鎏銀保存完好。 重量：554.3 克 尺寸：直徑12 厘米 文獻比較： 一件相似的唐代銅鏡，尺寸較大(14.5 厘米)，見S. Cahill，《The Lloyd Cotsen Study Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors》，〈卷一：洛杉磯〉，2012年，頁94-95。 拍賣結果比較： 形制：非常相近 拍賣：紐約佳士得，2014年9月19日，lot 1014 價格：USD 15,000（相當於今日EUR 19,000） 描述：唐代銅狻猊葡萄紋鏡 專家評論：比較非常相近的形制、綠銅繡和尺寸(13.2 厘米)。