Mirror
Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium
Cast bronze
Geography
China
Date
618-907 AD
Period
Tang Dynasty
Dimensions
10.6 cm
Object number
932.16.140
Credit Line
Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: China
Description
Black bronze mirror. Circular, with high rim and depressed centre, central boss in form of a toad, decoration in high relief, four monsters surrounded by birds and grape vines, high moulded inner rim, border of birds, insects, and grapes, edging of Jui heads in low relief on rim. A few small patches of green patina, surface otherwise glossy.
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