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TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Details
A BRONZE 'LION AND GRAPEVINE' CIRCULAR MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The mirror is cast in the center with a crouching beast-form loop surrounded by two pairs of 'lions', a goose and a peacock amidst grapevine, and in the outer field with various birds and insects amidst further grapevine below a narrow border of florets.
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) diam.
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The mirror is cast in the center with a crouching beast-form loop surrounded by two pairs of 'lions', a goose and a peacock amidst grapevine, and in the outer field with various birds and insects amidst further grapevine below a narrow border of florets.
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Frank Caro Gallery, New York, December 1965.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York.
Else Sackler Collection, and thence by descent within the family.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York.
Else Sackler Collection, and thence by descent within the family.
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