Mirror
Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium
Cast bronze
Geography
China
Date
circa 581 to 618 AD
Period
Sui Dynasty
Dimensions
14.8 cm
Object number
932.16.148
Credit Line
Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: China
Description
White bronze mirror. Circular with slightly thickened rim and sharply defined inner moulding, hemispherical central loop set in a disc fringed with small petals, design in relief, the "four animals" surrounded by a double fringe of saw teeth, border of raised characters, fringe of sawteeth around inner side of rim. A few patches of green patina and deep buff clay.
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