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Mirror

Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium Cast bronze
Geography
China
Date 475-221 BC
Period Zhou Dynasty
Dimensions 9.4 cm
Object number 931.13.241
Credit Line Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Description
Round, flat, thin mirror with dull silvery surface.  Flat rim of wide flat scallops with grooved outline.  Small loop set in circular centre on ground of zig-zag lozenges with triangles and spirals within granular outline.  Centre framed by concave circular band with narrow outer band of radiating lines contained by fine raised ring of rope design.  A similar ring connecting 4 quatrefoils in low relief in main decorative zone.  Ground same as centre.  Rough patches of brown and bright green corrosion product on face, some thin patches on back.
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