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Mirror

Gallery Location
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Medium Cast bronze
Geography
Reportedly from west Henan province, China
Date 6th-5th century BC
Period Eastern Zhou Dynasty
Dimensions 10.9 cm
Object number 930.21.91
Credit Line Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Description
Round, thick mirror with black finish.  Plain 3 tiered rim and small fluted loop in plain centre framed by slightly raised concave circular band, set on narrower one.  Main decorative zone divided by 4 wide diagonals into 4 areas filled with comma like volutes.  Extending from rim, feather like forms and parts of dragons(?).  Ground of diagonals and volutes with fine geometric patternings.  Corrosion product, including small patches of azurite on back, face shiny steely grey with thick patches of bright green and light brown encrustation.
Mirror
Mirror - 930.21.91_1
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