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PROPERTY OF THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ASIAN ACQUISITIONS FUND
THREE BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRRORS
SUI/TANG DYNASTY, 6TH-8TH CENTURY
Details
THREE BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRRORS
SUI/TANG DYNASTY, 6TH-8TH CENTURY
One cast with four animals racing around the central knob, within a raised border and an inscription in the outer field, below dogtooth and scallop borders; the largest with a band of tiny bosses encircling the knob, in the outer field four masks face the center as two pairs of different types of dragons stride amidst clouds and foliate scrolls, within scroll and dogtooth borders; the third cast in high relief with 'lion and grapevine' decoration, the knob formed as a crouching animal surrounded by four lions with raised heads, with various birds and ducks in the outer field, all amidst fruiting grapevine below clouds at the rim
3 5/8, 6 and 3¾ in. (9.2, 15.2 and 9.5 cm.) diam. (3)
SUI/TANG DYNASTY, 6TH-8TH CENTURY
One cast with four animals racing around the central knob, within a raised border and an inscription in the outer field, below dogtooth and scallop borders; the largest with a band of tiny bosses encircling the knob, in the outer field four masks face the center as two pairs of different types of dragons stride amidst clouds and foliate scrolls, within scroll and dogtooth borders; the third cast in high relief with 'lion and grapevine' decoration, the knob formed as a crouching animal surrounded by four lions with raised heads, with various birds and ducks in the outer field, all amidst fruiting grapevine below clouds at the rim
3 5/8, 6 and 3¾ in. (9.2, 15.2 and 9.5 cm.) diam. (3)
Provenance
Acquired prior to 2000.
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