Description

A round, slightly concave bronze mirror with curvilinear handle/support of elaborate outline. A vertical slender sloop is set below the centre. A slightly rounded raised rim frames the Taoist, lunar landscape. The landscape features in raised relief consist of moon hare with churn under a tree on the left side, the tree's foliage curving around the rim and the top of the decoration, a pagoda with cloud-like support on the right, and mountain like forms surrounding the spotted toad of the moon legend beneath the loop. The supporting handle has double raised outline. The two elaborately curled cloud-like forms join and extend into one grooved ending, leaving four curing perforations. The decorative side is in greenish brown and the reflecting side has several bright green corrosion patches.