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Mirror

Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium Cast bronze
Geography
China
Date 618-907
Period Tang Dynasty
Dimensions 9.3 cm
Object number 927.19.120
Credit Line Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Description

Small thick silvery coloured mirror with 8 petal outlines, the narrow flat rim with outward slanting edge. Knob with slightly flattened top and surrounding decoration in raised and linear relief, contained by foliate outline formed by pairs of leaves and inverted C's in centre. Colour steely grey, the face with thick green and light brown encrustation and shiny silver showing near edge.

Mirror
Mirror - 927.19.120_2_2011FEstaff
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