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TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
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TWO LARGE BRONZE LOBED MIRRORS
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The larger of octafoil form finely cast in high relief with two phoenixes standing either side of the knob and suspending tassle-hung emblems from their beaks, with two geese standing on lotus above the knob and a pair of mandarin ducks standing on a lotus leaf between two lotus flowers below, with two cranes and two geese also trailing tassels alternating with foliate sprays in the lobed outer field; the smaller of hexafoil form, the knob encircled by petals and a border of stamen, all surrounded by six flowers
11¼ and 8 5/8 in. (28.5 and 22 cm.) across (2)
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The larger of octafoil form finely cast in high relief with two phoenixes standing either side of the knob and suspending tassle-hung emblems from their beaks, with two geese standing on lotus above the knob and a pair of mandarin ducks standing on a lotus leaf between two lotus flowers below, with two cranes and two geese also trailing tassels alternating with foliate sprays in the lobed outer field; the smaller of hexafoil form, the knob encircled by petals and a border of stamen, all surrounded by six flowers
11¼ and 8 5/8 in. (28.5 and 22 cm.) across (2)
Provenance
Both: Frank Caro, New York, 1966 or earlier.
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