TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
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A LARGE SILVERY-BRONZE OCTAGONAL MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The knob surrounded by two geese pulling on the ends of a tassel suspended from a lotus above, a parrot below, and two flanking geese with lotus buds in their beaks standing atop lotus flowers, with insects, flowers and clouds on the rim, extensive malachite green encrustation; together with a silvery-bronze circular mirror, Tang dynasty, crisply cast with a lion-shaped knob surrounded by lions amidst grapevine, the outer field with various animals and birds amidst foliate scroll below small clouds at the rim
9¼ and 6¾ in. (23.5 and 17.2 cm.) diam. (2)
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The knob surrounded by two geese pulling on the ends of a tassel suspended from a lotus above, a parrot below, and two flanking geese with lotus buds in their beaks standing atop lotus flowers, with insects, flowers and clouds on the rim, extensive malachite green encrustation; together with a silvery-bronze circular mirror, Tang dynasty, crisply cast with a lion-shaped knob surrounded by lions amidst grapevine, the outer field with various animals and birds amidst foliate scroll below small clouds at the rim
9¼ and 6¾ in. (23.5 and 17.2 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
First: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1966.
Second: Frank Caro, New York, 1965.
Second: Frank Caro, New York, 1965.
Exhibited
First: Art of the T'ang Dynasty and its Antecedents, Low Memorial Library, Columbia University, New York, March 1967, no. 21.
Second: Selections from Private Collections in the New York Metropolitan Area, China Institute in America, New York, October 1966.
East Meets West: Cross Fertilization, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, 14 September - 17 October 1981.
Second: Selections from Private Collections in the New York Metropolitan Area, China Institute in America, New York, October 1966.
East Meets West: Cross Fertilization, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, 14 September - 17 October 1981.
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