A RARE SILVERED BRONZE 'LIONS AND GRAPEVINES' MIRROR, TANGChina, 618-907. 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 eight birds amid similar vines and grape bunches below a band of floral designs.Provenance: German private collection, acquired at Zen Gallery in Belgium on 12 November 1997. A certificate written and signed by A. Cnudde for Zen Gallery, attesting to the mirror's authenticity and dating, accompanies this lot.Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear, few minuscule nicks here and there. Fine malachite-green patina.Weight: 675.2 gDimensions: Diameter 12 cmLiterature comparison: Bronze Mirrors from Ancient China: Donald H. Graham Jr. Collection, 1994, nos. 74 and 77. Compare two very large examples (24 cm diam.) with similar decoration but with additional lions surrounding the knob in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in Shanghai Bowuguan cang qingtong jing, Shanghai, 1987, pls. 84-85.Auction result comparison: A closely related mirror was sold by Christie's Hong Kong in Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 30 May 2012, lot 4141, for HKD 87,500.唐代海獸葡萄紋銅鏡中國,618-907。圓形銅鏡,背面中央有一個獅紋旋鈕,周圍環繞著四隻海獸和葡萄紋,而外圈則有八隻鳥,中間有相似的葡萄紋纏枝紋。 來源: 德國私人收藏,1997年11月12日購於比利時 Zen Gallery。附A. Cnudde為Zen Gallery簽名的證書,證明銅鏡的真實性的年代。 圖片:A. Cnudde為Zen Gallery簽名的證書,證明銅鏡的真實性的年代。 品相:狀況極佳,磨損很小,局部微小划痕。銅綠色包漿。 重量:675.2 克 尺寸:直徑 12 厘米 拍賣結果比較:一件極其相近的銅鏡售于香港佳士得Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 拍場,2012年5月30日,lot 4141,售價HKD 87,500。