A "Beasts and Grapes" Silvered Bronze Mirror, Tang Dynasty
Tang dynasty (618-907). The silvered bronze circular mirror cast in high relief, the central pierced knob as a crouching beast surrounded by four beasts amidst scrolling grapevines, the outer field with birds and birds in flight with further vine scrolls, all below a ruyi-head border, with bright silver patina. Provenance: Given as a gift in 1949 from Yen Hsi-Shan, Premier of China, to the CIA operative who airlifted Yen and the provincial treasury to Taiwan prior to the fall of Tai Yuan. Approx. 4 1/8 in. diam., 10.5 cm. diam.
Bidding History
| User | Amount | Status | Date |
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| Online Bid | $3250.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:41 PM |
| Competing Bid | $3000.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:41 PM |
| Online Bid | $2750.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:41 PM |
| Competing Bid | $2500.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:41 PM |
| Online Bid | $2400.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:41 PM |
| Competing Bid | $2300.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:41 PM |
| Online Bid | $2200.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:41 PM |
| Competing Bid | $2100.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:41 PM |
| Online Bid | $2000.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:41 PM |
| Competing Bid | $1900.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:41 PM |
| Online Bid | $1800.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:41 PM |
| Competing Bid | $1700.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:40 PM |
| Competing Bid | $1600.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:40 PM |
| Competing Bid | $1500.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:40 PM |
| Competing Bid | $1400.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:40 PM |
| Competing Bid | $1300.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:40 PM |
| Competing Bid | $1200.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:40 PM |
| Competing Bid | $1100.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:40 PM |
| Competing Bid | $1000.00 | Approved | Mar 13, 2015 12:40 PM |