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TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
Details
TWO LARGE BRONZE MIRRORS
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
One has a flattened knob encircled by a narrow band of stamens and a band of overlapping petals surrounded by a broad, plain field separated from the rounded outer rim by a canted border. The other has a large knob encircled by six mythical beasts racing amidst grapevine below dogtooth borders. The outer field has a band of birds and racing animals separated by foliate sprays bordered by an inner band of foliate scroll repeated on the rim.
9 3/8 and 9¾ in. (24 and 25 cm.) diam. (2)
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
One has a flattened knob encircled by a narrow band of stamens and a band of overlapping petals surrounded by a broad, plain field separated from the rounded outer rim by a canted border. The other has a large knob encircled by six mythical beasts racing amidst grapevine below dogtooth borders. The outer field has a band of birds and racing animals separated by foliate sprays bordered by an inner band of foliate scroll repeated on the rim.
9 3/8 and 9¾ in. (24 and 25 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954) Collection.
The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned in 1962.
The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned in 1962.
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