Mirror
Gallery Location
Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Gallery of China
Medium
Cast bronze
Geography
Reportedly from Loyang, China
Date
11th-12th century AD
Period
Song Dynasty
Object number
930.21.123
Credit Line
Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: China
Description
Four lobed shaped silvery coloured mirror. Rim very slightly raised and tiny loop set on flower of overlapping petals. Surrounding linear decoration in very low relief of, scrolling peonies with 4 blossoms, within line of tiny raised circles and raised line, both following shape of rim outline. Band below rim with scrolling leaves. Thin green and blue corrosion product in splashes on face with some shiny bright green.
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