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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
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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