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TANG DYNASTY, 8TH-9TH CENTURY
Details
TWO BRONZE MIRRORS
TANG DYNASTY, 8TH-9TH CENTURY
One of square form with indented corners, cast in low relief with a scaly dragon encircling the knob; the other large and of circular form, with a square flat knob within square outer fields, the inner field with angular scrolls flanked by characters arranged in quadrants, the outer field with broken lines, all surrounded by celestial motifs flanked by clouds; together with a thin circular mirror, the knob encircled by two incised long-tailed birds
6¼ in. (16 cm.) square, 9 3/8 and 5 5/8 in. (24 and 14.5 cm.) diam. (3)
TANG DYNASTY, 8TH-9TH CENTURY
One of square form with indented corners, cast in low relief with a scaly dragon encircling the knob; the other large and of circular form, with a square flat knob within square outer fields, the inner field with angular scrolls flanked by characters arranged in quadrants, the outer field with broken lines, all surrounded by celestial motifs flanked by clouds; together with a thin circular mirror, the knob encircled by two incised long-tailed birds
6¼ in. (16 cm.) square, 9 3/8 and 5 5/8 in. (24 and 14.5 cm.) diam. (3)
Provenance
All: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1966 or earlier.
Exhibited
First two: The Columbia University Exhibition of the T'ang Dynasty and Its Antecedents, Low Memorial Library, 1967, nos. 40 and 41, respectively.
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