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TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
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A BRONZE 'LION AND GRAPEVINE' MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The back is cast in high relief in the center with a crouching animal-form loop surrounded by six animals crawling and leaping amidst fruiting grapevine encircled by a raised border and an outer field filled with birds, and animals racing amidst further grapevine below a band of scrolling tendrils at the rim. The bronze has a silvery grey patina and areas of malachite encrustation.
7 in. (17.7 cm.) diam.
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The back is cast in high relief in the center with a crouching animal-form loop surrounded by six animals crawling and leaping amidst fruiting grapevine encircled by a raised border and an outer field filled with birds, and animals racing amidst further grapevine below a band of scrolling tendrils at the rim. The bronze has a silvery grey patina and areas of malachite encrustation.
7 in. (17.7 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954) Collection.
The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned in 1962.
The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned in 1962.
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