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TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
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A Miniature Repoussé Silver-Backed Bronze Mirror
Tang dynasty (618-907)
The bronze mirror with a silver plaque hammered in high relief with a lion crouching in the center to form the knop surrounded by two lions alternating with two birds amidst scrolling grapevine, all reserved on a fine, ring-punched ground within narrow borders of herringbone and ring-punch pattern
2in. (5.1cm.) diam., box
Falk Collection no. 557.
Tang dynasty (618-907)
The bronze mirror with a silver plaque hammered in high relief with a lion crouching in the center to form the knop surrounded by two lions alternating with two birds amidst scrolling grapevine, all reserved on a fine, ring-punched ground within narrow borders of herringbone and ring-punch pattern
2in. (5.1cm.) diam., box
Falk Collection no. 557.
Provenance
Ellsworth and Goldie, New York, January 1969.
Exhibited
Early Chinese Miniatures, New York, China House Gallery, China Institute in America, 1977, no. 181.
On loan: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1974.
On loan: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1974.