TANG DYNASTY, 8TH-9TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL BRONZE SQUARE MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY, 8TH-9TH CENTURY
One side cast with two confronted lions wildly leaping on either side of the central knop on a ground of tiny bosses within a raised outer border, the reverse plain, the silvery surface with areas of satiny black patina and green encrustation
5 7/8 in. (14.8 cm.) square

Provenance

Acquired at auction, London, 1980.

Lot Essay

Compare the mirror of this square shape with similar lion decoration, but with indented corners and a ring-matte ground, dated 8th-early 9th century, illustrated by Ju-hsi Chou, Circles of Reflection; The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000, p. 79, no. 74.

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