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A LARGE SILVERY-BRONZE OCTALOBED MIRROR
- TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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A LARGE SILVERY-BRONZE OCTALOBED MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
Estimate
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    $7,000 - $9,000

Sale Information

Sale 2405
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
25 March 2010
New York, Rockefeller Plaza





Lot Description

A LARGE SILVERY-BRONZE OCTALOBED MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The central knob surrounded by a pair of phoenixes to the sides, a galloping horse above trailing grapevine from its mouth, and a parrot pecking at a cluster of grapes on a vine below, with opposing pairs of flower sprigs, clouds, lanterns and flower heads enclosing the characters qian and chiu in the lobes of the rim
8 7/8 (22.5 cm.) across

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Provenance

Frank Caro, New York, 1966 or earlier.

Exhibited

Art of the T'ang Dynasty and its Antecedents, Columbia University, Low Memorial Library, March 1967, no. 22.

Lot Notes

The two characters on the rim qian chiu, may be translated as '1000 autumns' or 'forever'.

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