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Collector/Connoisseur: The Max N. Berry Collections
A SILVERY-BRONZE 'BIRD AND CLOUD' MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Details
A SILVERY-BRONZE 'BIRD AND CLOUD' MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam., metal stand
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam., metal stand
Provenance
Ellis Monroe, New York, 18 December 1948.
Dr. Franco Vannotti (1910–1995) Collection, Lugano, Switzerland.
Eskenazi Ltd., London.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 20 February 1997.
Dr. Franco Vannotti (1910–1995) Collection, Lugano, Switzerland.
Eskenazi Ltd., London.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 20 February 1997.
Literature
E. Lyons, An Exhibition of Chinese Mirrors, New York, 1951, cat. no. 48.
J.-P. Dubosc, Mostra d'Arte Cinese, Venice, 1954, p. 32, cat. no. 133.
H. Brinker, Bronzen aus dem alten China, 1975, p. 140, cat. no. 101.
W. Watson, Art of Dynastic China, New York, 1979, p. 486, no. 425.
Eskenazi, The collection of ritual bronze vessels, weapons, gilt bronzes, mirrors and ceramics formed by Dr. Franco Vannotti; The ritual bronze fang yi and Korean ceramics from the Hans Popper collection; Gold and silver from the Yamaoka Seibei and other collections, 1989, pp. 92-3, cat. no. 41.
J.-P. Dubosc, Mostra d'Arte Cinese, Venice, 1954, p. 32, cat. no. 133.
H. Brinker, Bronzen aus dem alten China, 1975, p. 140, cat. no. 101.
W. Watson, Art of Dynastic China, New York, 1979, p. 486, no. 425.
Eskenazi, The collection of ritual bronze vessels, weapons, gilt bronzes, mirrors and ceramics formed by Dr. Franco Vannotti; The ritual bronze fang yi and Korean ceramics from the Hans Popper collection; Gold and silver from the Yamaoka Seibei and other collections, 1989, pp. 92-3, cat. no. 41.
Exhibited
New York, China House Gallery, Chinese Art Society of America, An Exhibition of Chinese Mirrors, 2 February-3 April 1951.
Venice, Palazzo Ducale, Mostra d'Arte Cinese, 1954.
Zurich, Rietberg Museum, Bronzen aus dem alten China, 11 November 1975-29 February 1976.
London, Eskenazi, The collection of ritual bronze vessels, weapons, gilt bronzes, mirrors and ceramics formed by Dr. Franco Vannotti; The ritual bronze fang yi and Korean ceramics from the Hans Popper collection; Gold and silver from the Yamaoka Seibei and other collections, 13 June-7 July 1989.
Venice, Palazzo Ducale, Mostra d'Arte Cinese, 1954.
Zurich, Rietberg Museum, Bronzen aus dem alten China, 11 November 1975-29 February 1976.
London, Eskenazi, The collection of ritual bronze vessels, weapons, gilt bronzes, mirrors and ceramics formed by Dr. Franco Vannotti; The ritual bronze fang yi and Korean ceramics from the Hans Popper collection; Gold and silver from the Yamaoka Seibei and other collections, 13 June-7 July 1989.
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Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)
Head of Sale, AVP, Specialist
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