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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A SILVERY BRONZE 'LION AND GRAPEVINE' MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
细节
A SILVERY BRONZE 'LION AND GRAPEVINE' MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The mirror is crisply cast with a central knob formed as a crouching animal surrounded by six lions frolicking amidst fruiting grapevine that continues over a raised edge into the outer field where six further lions alternate with birds shown from various angles, all below a band of small detached clouds at the rim. The mirror has a silvery patina and areas of malachite encrustation.
7 in. (17.7 cm.) diam., box
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The mirror is crisply cast with a central knob formed as a crouching animal surrounded by six lions frolicking amidst fruiting grapevine that continues over a raised edge into the outer field where six further lions alternate with birds shown from various angles, all below a band of small detached clouds at the rim. The mirror has a silvery patina and areas of malachite encrustation.
7 in. (17.7 cm.) diam., box
来源
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1992.
The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong.
The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong.