A RARE SILVERY BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR WITH ZODIAC ANIMALS
SUI DYNASTY (581-618)
A RARE SILVERY BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR WITH ZODIAC ANIMALS SUI DYNASTY (581-618) Crisply cast in high relief with two feline beasts biting each other's tail as they race around the knob while four animals are shown between semi-circles in the main field which is encircled by a sawtooth band, all below a band on the rim in which six animal masks bite the inner edge and separate the twelve animals of the zodiac arranged in pairs, encircled by an outer border of scrolls, with some malachite encrustation 7½ in. (19.2 cm.) diam., ¼ in. (.5 cm.) thick, box 1042.2g
A RARE SILVERY BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR WITH ZODIAC ANIMALS
SUI DYNASTY (581-618)
A RARE SILVERY BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR WITH ZODIAC ANIMALS SUI DYNASTY (581-618) Crisply cast in high relief with two feline beasts biting each other's tail as they race around the knob while four animals are shown between semi-circles in the main field which is encircled by a sawtooth band, all below a band on the rim in which six animal masks bite the inner edge and separate the twelve animals of the zodiac arranged in pairs, encircled by an outer border of scrolls, with some malachite encrustation 7½ in. (19.2 cm.) diam., ¼ in. (.5 cm.) thick, box 1042.2g
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