Chinese Tang Tinned Bronze Mirror with Monkeys
Chinese Tang Tinned Bronze Mirror with Monkeys
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D or later. With one flat face, the other dished with a raised and beaded circular border; decorated with high-relief birds, beasts, floral motifs and bunches of grapes. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 17.52, for similar. 1.27 kg, 17 cm (6 3/4 in.).
Acquired UK, in the 1980s. Property of a retired South West London doctor.
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Chinese Tang Tinned Bronze Mirror with Monkeys
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D or later. With one flat face, the other dished with a raised and beaded circular border; decorated with high-relief birds, beasts, floral motifs and bunches of grapes. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 17.52, for similar. 1.27 kg, 17 cm (6 3/4 in.).
Acquired UK, in the 1980s. Property of a retired South West London doctor.
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