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Mirror

Gallery Location
Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Gallery of China
Medium Cast bronze
Geography
China
Date 206 BC-24 AD
Period Eastern Han Dynasty
Dimensions 19.5 cm
Object number 2000.106.1694
Credit Line Gift of Joey and Toby Tanenbaum. Certified by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board under the terms of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act. Attestée par la Commission canadienne d'examen des exportations de biens culturels en vertu de la Loi sur l'exportation et l'importation de biens culturels.
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Description
Round mirror, wide rim with slightly inward slanting edge.  Large domed perforated boss in the centre sitting on a raised ring, enclosed in a double framed squared in raised thread relief.  In each corner of the square an ogee motif enclosing a horizontal C with a vertical line through the centre, all in thread relief.  Main decorative field occupied by four animals dragons and tigers in low relief separated from one another by round bosses.  On the ground a random scattering of C shaped motifs and groups of parallel lines in various configurations.
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