Tang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A bronze discoid mirror with one polished face, to the reverse a raised and chamfered rim with grapevines, inner ring of birds and bunches of grapes and concentric band of monkeys with limbs extended, central pierced lug a squatting monkey. See Song, L. Chinese Bronze Ware, Cambridge, 2011 for discussion. 583 grams, 20cm (8"). From the McQuinley private collection formed Hong Kong, in the 1990s. Fair condition.