Mirror
Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium
Cast bronze
Geography
China
Date
770-221 BC
Period
Eastern Zhou dynasty
Dimensions
10.9 cm
Object number
932.16.270
Credit Line
Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: China
Description
Silvery coloured round flat mirror. Concave rim on narrow ledge with flat narrow edge. Fluted loop set in small centre with raised circular concave frame. Surrounding decoration; large taotie mask at top inside rim, its large claws appearing on both sides near rim half way down mirror. Below mask, on either side fanciful creatures, half bird, half beast.
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