A CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL-INLAID LACQUERED MIRROR

Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 C.E) or later

唐或後期 黑漆嵌螺鈿狩獵圖紋菱花銅鏡

The mirror with a raised, barbed rim, one side coated in black lacquer and decorated with delicately worked mother-of-pearl inlay carved to depict several warriors on horseback, a monkey, a deer, a pig and a hare, all running amidst foliage, birds and insects, the mirror centered with a raised knob of plain form encircled by a band of small bosses,

19.5cm diameter, weight approx. 608g

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REFERENCE:

For related examples see 'World in Mirror: Selected Bronze Mirrors from Lloyd Cotsen’s Donation', Shanghai, 2012, p.110-112, pls. 46, 47 and 48. Also see 'Layered Beauty: The Baoyizhai Collection of Chinese Lacquer', Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010, cat. no. 26.

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