Mirror
Gallery Location
Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Gallery of China
Medium
Cast bronze
Geography
China
Date
c. 400-221 BC
Period
Eastern Zhou
Dimensions
14.8 cm
Object number
931.13.236
Credit Line
Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: China
Description
Round, flat mirror, the flat rim of wide flat scallops with grooved outline. Circular centre (for missing loop) framed by concave cicular band with inner and outer ledge and filled with granular and geometric patterning. Main decorative zone with 3 curving dragons with long tails in round and flat relief on ground of granular and geometric patterning. (Karlgren"s interlocking T's). Scallops with light green corrosion product green and brown on reliefs. Face with rough light and darker green, also patches of textile.
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