Lot 40

BRONZE MIRROR WITH MOON GODDESS AND RABBIT
TANG DYNASTY OR LATER







Auction: 13 September 2023 at 11:00 BST
£4,032
Description
唐或以後 銅鑄嫦娥玉兔搗藥月宮葵口鏡
the back of the mirror depicting the moon goddess Chang’e on the right of a large tree, the opposite with a toad and a rabbit using a pestle and mortar to grind the magical ingredients of the elixir, the foliated edges further adorned with cloud pattern
Dimensions
14.2cm wide; 620g
Footnote
Note: a bronze mirror of similar subject and dated to the Tang dynasty, is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number: 25.24.






