A Chinese miniature silver sheet-inlaid bronze circular mirror, Tang dynasty, the bronze mirror inlaid with a silver sheet finely chased with a central crouching beast surrounded by two alternating lions and birds amidst meandering vines on a fine ring-punched ground, 5.8cm diameter Provenance: Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, 27 November 2003. Cf. For a similar example, see Christie's The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part IV - Chinese Works of Art: Metalwork, Sculpture and Early Ceramics, 20th March 2015, Lot 720 A Chinese miniature silver sheet-inlaid bronze circular mirror, Tang dynasty, the bronze mirror inlaid with a silver sheet finely chased with a central crouching beast surrounded by two alternating lions and birds amidst meandering vines on a fine ring-punched ground, 5.8cm diameter Provenance: Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, 27 November 2003. Cf. For a similar example, see Christie's The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part IV - Chinese Works of Art: Metalwork, Sculpture and Early Ceramics, 20th March 2015, Lot 720