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TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
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THREE BRONZE LOBED OCTAGONAL MIRRORS
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
One of barbed outline, the central field cast in relief with four immortals alternately riding cranes or horses, and with insects and clouds alternating in the lobed outer field, with blackish patina; the second cast with two ducks grasping tassels in their beaks standing on lotus stems flanking the knob, with a smaller duck below the knob and a lotus stem above; the third of barbed outline cast around the knob with alternating ducks and birds in flight separated by flower sprigs, with further sprigs and insects in the lobed outer field; together with a bronze circular mirror, Sui/early Tang dynasty, cast with four animals racing amidst grapevine in the center field and various animals and birds amidst grapevine in the outer field
4¾, 5 1/8, 4¼ and 4 5/8 in. (12, 13, 11 and 11.7 cm.) across (4)
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
One of barbed outline, the central field cast in relief with four immortals alternately riding cranes or horses, and with insects and clouds alternating in the lobed outer field, with blackish patina; the second cast with two ducks grasping tassels in their beaks standing on lotus stems flanking the knob, with a smaller duck below the knob and a lotus stem above; the third of barbed outline cast around the knob with alternating ducks and birds in flight separated by flower sprigs, with further sprigs and insects in the lobed outer field; together with a bronze circular mirror, Sui/early Tang dynasty, cast with four animals racing amidst grapevine in the center field and various animals and birds amidst grapevine in the outer field
4¾, 5 1/8, 4¼ and 4 5/8 in. (12, 13, 11 and 11.7 cm.) across (4)
Provenance
First mirror: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1966.
Second, third and fourth mirrors: Frank Caro, New York, 1966 or earlier.
Second, third and fourth mirrors: Frank Caro, New York, 1966 or earlier.
Exhibited
First three mirrors: The Columbia University Exhibition of Art of the T'ang Dynasty and Its Antecedents, Low Memorial Library, March 1967, nos. 28, 24 and 30, respectively.
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