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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A VERY RARE LARGE ‘MYTHICAL ANIMALS AND GRAPES’ BRONZE
MIRROR
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

The thick mirror is finely cast in high relief with six lively mythical animals, including a
mythical horse, tianlu and bixie. Each animal is accompanied by its young, galloping above
waves and amid grapevines around the central knob in the form of a recumbent toad, within
a narrow border of dragonflies and butterflies, and an outer border of pairs of mythical luan
birds, phoenixes, peacocks, hoopoes, and all within a border of foliate scrolls at the rim.

10Ω in. (26.8 cm.) diam., box, 4,125g US$91,000-120,000
HK$700,000-900,000

PROVENANCE

Galaxie Art & Gift Company, Hong Kong, 15 August 1993

唐 海獸葡萄紋銅鏡

來源
Galaxie Art & Gift Company，香港，1993 年 8 月 15 日

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