A BRONZE 'LION AND GRAPEVINE' CIRCULAR MIRROR,... Lot n° 511

China, 618-907. The mirror is cast in the center with a crouching beast-form loop surrounded by six smaller ‘lions’ amid fruiting grapevines, and in the outer field with birds in flight amidst further grapevine below a narrow border of florets. Condition: Good condition with minor wear, some small losses, a minor crack to the rim, and a fine dark patina with areas of copper red and malachite green. Provenance: Douglas J. K. Wright Ltd., London (label to back). Since 1945, Douglas J.K. Wright has been a renowned and well-respected auction specialist and London dealer in Chinese and Japanese works of art. He ran the Japanese department of Spink & Son before opening his own art gallery, Douglas J.K. Wright Oriental Art. Anthony du Boulay (label to back), acquired from the above. Anthony du Boulay served at Christie’s from 1949 to 1980, for many years as the Director of the Ceramics Department and for 13 years as the President of Christie’s, Geneva. From 1981, he served as Honorary Adviser on Ceramics to the National Trust, United Kingdom, on council of the Oriental Ceramic Society and as the Chairman of the French Porcelain Society. Weight: 1,124 g Dimensions: Diameter 13.4 cm Literature comparison: Compare with a similar mirror in the Avery Brundage Collection at the Asian Art Museum San Francisco (no. B60B600); see Also Hoyt, C., The Charles B. Hoyt Collection Memorial Exhibition, 1952, nos. 493 & 494. Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related mirror sold by Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 19-20 September 2013, lot 1481, for USD $12,500. ?????????? ???618-907????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????Douglas J. K. Wright Ltd. (????)??1945?Douglas J.K. Wright???????????????????????