Tang DynastyThe back is cast in high relief in the center with a crouching animal-form loop surrounded by six animals crawling and leaping amidst fruiting grapevine encircled by a raised border and an outer field filled with birds, and animals racing amidst further grapevine below a band of scrolling tendrils at the rim. The bronze has a silvery grey patina and areas of malachite encrustation.Diameter 12.1cmProvenance: from Private English collection, Hampshire