Mirror
Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium
Cast bronze
Geography
China
Date
late 16th-early 20th century AD
Period
Late Ming-Qing Dynasty
Dimensions
11.8 cm
Object number
928.12.90
Credit Line
Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: China
Description
Round, thick, shiny silvery coloured mirror without decoration. High outward slanting edge of concave inward slanting rim. High hemispherical knob set in saucer shaped centre with raised ridge and surrounding plain band slightly inward sloping. Small, thick patches of green corrosion product on knob, central area, and rim and edge, otherwise silver. Face with slight bright green encrustation on shiny surface.
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