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A silver-backed square bronze mirror Tang Dynasty, the reverse…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
30-Oct-2019
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Description:
A silver-backed square bronze mirror Tang Dynasty, the reverse side of the mirror inset with a silver sheet repousse with the 'Lion and grapevine' decoration, the central crouching lion encircled with four others climbing among scrolling vine within a raised border, a frieze of birds among fruiting vine around the concave surround, some areas of green encrustation, box, 8.8 cm. Provenance: Property from the Estate of Eugene V. Thaw, Christie's, New York, 30 October 2018, lot 210. Private collection, Melbourne.
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Category:
Unclassified