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188 - An impressive and large silvered bronze 'dragon' lobed mirror, probably Tang Dynasty 或為唐 鎏銀青銅葵花式龍紋鏡 This large and impressive silvered bronze mirror of considerable scale, with a petal-form lobed edge, decorated to the center with a large three-clawed writhing fierce looking dragon amidst stylised ruyi clouds coiled around the central knop Size:(30.2cm wide) Qty: (1) Provenance: Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018), Singapore, and thence by descent; Purchased from Alex Koh, International, on 6 February 1999; Private collection, London 來源： 郭曲理（1921–2018）舊藏，新加坡，此後家族傳承 1999年2月6日購自新加坡國際古董商許光泉 倫敦私人珍藏 Notes: For comparable examples, please refer to mirror attributed to the Tang dynasty in 'Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Mirrors', The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000, no. 72, p.78; for similar mirrors sold at auctions, please refer to one from the Donald H. Graham Jr. Collection sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, 6 April 2015, lot 105; another from the Anthony Hardy collection sold at Christie's, New York, 16 Septe 2010, lot 922; 同類器物可參見：《反射之圓：卡特珍藏中國銅鏡》，克里夫蘭藝術博物館，2000年，頁78，編號72（定為唐代）； 拍賣所見：同類銅鏡可參見格雷厄姆舊藏一例，售於香港佳士得，2015年4月6日，編號105；安思遠舊藏另一例，售於紐約佳士得，2010年9月16日，編號922。
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An impressive and large silvered bronze 'dragon' lobed mirror, probably Tang Dynasty 或為唐 鎏銀青銅葵花式龍紋鏡 This large and impressive silvered bronze mirror of considerable scale, with a petal-form lobed edge, decorated to the center with a large three-clawed writhing fierce looking dragon amidst stylised ruyi clouds coiled around the central knop Size:(30.2cm wide) Qty: (1) Provenance: Quek Kiok Lee Collection (1921 – 2018), Singapore, and thence by descent; Purchased from Alex Koh, International, on 6 February 1999; Private collection, London 來源： 郭曲理（1921–2018）舊藏，新加坡，此後家族傳承 1999年2月6日購自新加坡國際古董商許光泉 倫敦私人珍藏 Notes: For comparable examples, please refer to mirror attributed to the Tang dynasty in 'Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Mirrors', The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000, no. 72, p.78; for similar mirrors sold at auctions, please refer to one from the Donald H. Graham Jr. Collection sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, 6 April 2015, lot 105; another from the Anthony Hardy collection sold at Christie's, New York, 16 Septe 2010, lot 922; 同類器物可參見：《反射之圓：卡特珍藏中國銅鏡》，克里夫蘭藝術博物館，2000年，頁78，編號72（定為唐代）； 拍賣所見：同類銅鏡可參見格雷厄姆舊藏一例，售於香港佳士得，2015年4月6日，編號105；安思遠舊藏另一例，售於紐約佳士得，2010年9月16日，編號922。
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