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Mirror

Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium Cast bronze
Geography
China
Date 6th-7th century AD
Period Sui-Tang Dynasty
Dimensions 7.8 cm
Object number 927.19.23
Credit Line Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Description

Round mirror of silvery colour. Slightly concave inward sloping rim with outward slanting edge. Hemispherical knob on low raised disk with encircling ring of dots. Main band of decoration in round relief of; 5 zodiac animals, horse, monkey, dog, mouse, and ox with framing and of double lined saw-tooth design, within double raised rings. Patina shiny silvery-grey and face also with some reddish-brown staining.

Mirror
Mirror - 927.19.23_1
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