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Mirror

Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium Cast bronze
Geography
China
Date 220-618 AD
Period Western Jin-Sui Dynasty, probably
Dimensions 14.6 cm
Object number 930.21.143
Credit Line Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Description
Round mirror of silvery colour. Plain raised rim with outward slanting edge. Hemispherical knob set on raised disk and circular band studded with 16 tiny round beads.  Main decorative zone contained by fluted raised rings of 4 dragons in rounded relief and 4 large animal masks facing into central ring. Ground with vine-like lines and some loose curls.  Narrow framing band with scrolling C curls and outer band of saw-tooth pattern within raised rings.  Light grey patina with some earth-like adhesions on inner rim. 
Mirror
Mirror - 930.21.143_1
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