Tang Dynasty, 618-906 AD. A bronze mirror of rosette form with one polished face, reverse with raised lip and central pierced lug, frieze of running beasts and birds among foliage. See Song, L. Chinese Bronze Ware, Cambridge, 2011 for discussion. 780 grams, 19cm (7 1/2"). From the McQuinley private collection formed Hong Kong, in the 1990s. Fair condition.