A bronze mirror stand, Ming dynasty | 明 銅犀牛望月鏡座

Collection of Mrs. Matilde Roya, Vienna, acquired in London in the 1970s.

Mirror stands such as the present lot were popular and made over a long period of time. In Later Chinese Bronzes, London, 1990, cat. no. 87, Rose Kerr illustrates a gilded example from the Salting Bequest in the Victoria & Albert Museum, which she dates to the Song / Yuan dynasty. Ming dynasty examples sold at auction include one from the collection of Ulrich Hausmann, sold in our Hong Kong rooms 8th October 2014, lot 3370, and another sold in our London rooms, 9th November 2011, lot 391.