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A BRONZE LOBED CIRCULAR MIRROR, TANG DYNASTY China, 618-907. The central knob flanked by two noble figures in a palace garden under a bodhi tree, encircled by a band of scrolling clouds on the lobed rim. Provenance: Stewart Collection (label to back). Old English private collection, acquired from the above. Condition: Fine condition with some wear, minor losses and abrasions, very strong encrustations and a fine malachite green patina. Weight: 397.2 g Dimensions: Diameter 12.6 cm Literature comparison: Hoyt, C., The Charles B. Hoyt Collection Memorial Exhibition, 1952, nos. 496 & 497. 青銅葵口鏡，唐代 中國，618-907。中央鏡鈕四周菩提樹下的宮殿 花園中貴族人物場景，在凸起的邊緣上環繞著祥 雲紋帶。 來源：Stewart 收藏 (背面標簽)。英國私人老收 藏，購於上述收藏。 品相：品相良好，一些磨損，輕微缺失，擦傷，結 殼，孔雀石綠包漿。 重量：397.2 克 尺寸：直徑12.6 厘米
Estimate EUR 300,Starting price EUR 150,-
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A MINIATURE BRONZE VESSEL, FANGHU, HAN DYNASTY China, 206 BC-AD 220. The pear-shaped faceted body is raised on a flared square foot, applied to either side with a taotie mask in high relief with and a loop. Good naturally grown patina.
Provenance: From an old Austrian private collection. Condition: Extensive wear, patina and malachite encrustations with some areas of the bronze still visible, minor dents and fissures, overall condition exactly as expected from a bronze of this age. The rings to the loops, if there ever were any, are now lost.
Weight: 90 g Dimensions: Height 6 cm
literature comparison Dr. Paul Singer. Early Chinese Miniatures. New York, March 16 - May 29, 1977. cat. no. 47. The National Museum of Asian Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, accession number RLS1997.48.44.
青銅小方壺，漢代 中國，公元前206 至公元 220。梨形方壺，方形足，高浮雕饕餮 紋，肩部雙孔。良好的天然包漿。 來源：奧地利私人收藏 品相：廣泛磨損，局部可見銅綠和孔雀石綠結殼，輕微的凹痕和 裂縫，總體狀況完全符合青銅壺的年代。肩部雙孔中的環（如果 有的話）現在丟失了。 重量：90 克 尺寸：高6厘米
Estimate EUR 300,Starting price EUR 150,-
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