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PROPERTY OF THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ASIAN ACQUISITIONS FUND
A SILVERY GREY BRONZE EIGHT-LOBED MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
Details
A SILVERY GREY BRONZE EIGHT-LOBED MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The central knob flanked by two parrots with backward-turned heads grasping flower sprigs in their beaks, with a mandarin duck nestled within a lotus leaf above the knob and a lotus flower borne on twin roots below, with insects alternating with flower sprigs in the eight lobes of the rim, with malachite encrustation
5 in. (12.7 cm.) across
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The central knob flanked by two parrots with backward-turned heads grasping flower sprigs in their beaks, with a mandarin duck nestled within a lotus leaf above the knob and a lotus flower borne on twin roots below, with insects alternating with flower sprigs in the eight lobes of the rim, with malachite encrustation
5 in. (12.7 cm.) across
Provenance
Acquired prior to 2000.
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