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Mirror

Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium Cast bronze
Geography
China
Date 206 BC-24 AD
Period Eastern Han dynasty
Dimensions 15.9 cm
Object number 960.234.49
Credit Line The Dr. James M. Menzies Collection
Collection
Description
Round mirror of dark steely grey colour; narrow rim with low outward slanting edge. Border of inverted C curves, in linear relief, between raised encircling lines. Rounded knob on disk with raised edge, framed by curvilinear square with 2 "corners" missing. Remaining 2 with tiny animal masks in linear relief, and square projecting into 4 bat-like devices, other spaces filled with dissolved bat and animal forms, all with double outline and many C and spiral curls. Decoration contained by band of flat, inverted scallops. Patina dull black w/thin green and reddish-sandy encrustations, mottled on face.
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