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Mirror

Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium Cast bronze
Geography
China
Date 206 BC-24 AD
Period Han Dynasty
Dimensions 7.1 cm
Object number 960.234.106
Credit Line The Dr. James M. Menzies Collection
Collection
Description
Round mirror of silvery colour. Rim with outward slanting edge and 2 bands slanting into field, 1 plain and 1 with saw-tooth design inside raised ring. Large hemispherical knob on raised disk and scrolled creature (bird?) in single thread relief, obscured and contained by raised ring and striated band. Thin dull green encrustation covering part of relief design; thicker patches of green and brown on shiny silver face.
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