A SILVERY BRONZE 'ANIMAL AND GRAPEVINE' MIRROR

TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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A SILVERY BRONZE 'ANIMAL AND GRAPEVINE' MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
Crisply cast in relief with a central knob surrounded by five large beasts frolicking amidst a fruit-laden grape vine, within a narrow raised border and an outer field which contains a lengthy inscription beneath a sawtooth band, the reverse plain, with silvery surface and some green and ferrous encrustation
5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm.) diam., box

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Acquired in Hong Kong circa 1991.

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An identical mirror bearing the same inscription is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Catalogue of Special Exhibition of Bronze Mirrors in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, p. 150, pl. 73.