Mirror
Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium
Cast bronze
Geography
Reportedly from western Henan province, China
Date
770-221 BC
Period
Eastern Zhou Dynasty
Dimensions
10 cm
Object number
931.13.238
Credit Line
Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: China
Description
Round, flat mirror with wide, flat rim. Small fluted loop surrounded by decoration of opposing t'ao t'ie masks in raised lines with comma-like endings. Animals claws on either side of snout. Some granulation and fine lined scrolling on masks and ground. Face heavily encrusted with green and light brown corrosion products also back with some of darker green on rim.
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