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Mirror

Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium Cast bronze
Geography
China
Date 25 - 220 AD
Period Eastern Han dynasty
Dimensions 17.9 cm
Object number 927.19.118
Credit Line Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Description

Round mirror with a wide rim of 4 bands and a plain exterior with saw-tooth design on either side of a double lined zig-zag border. Large hemispherical knob set on disk with a circular band containing 6 nipples on disks, alternating with 7-character inscription and one starting symbol. 2 thick raised rings frame band and surrounding decorative band with depressed Ts and Ls with raised edges. There are 4 pairs of nipples on the disk (placed on either side of Ts). Creatures in fine thread relief between Ts and Ls. Four symbiotic god animals, each facing a bird. Narrower band within raised rings of 10 tiny nipples on disks alternating with dissolved animal forms in S curves and another striated band. Patina dull and greyish brown, face with thin green encrustation and some shiny areas.

Mirror
Mirror - 927.19.118_1_2016festaff
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