Mirror
Object Number:
C690
Current Location:
China Gallery
Culture:
Chinese
Provenience:
China
Period:
Tang Dynasty
Date Made:
Later Tang Dynasty
Early Date:
762
Late Date:
906
Section:
Asian
Materials:
Bronze (uncertain)
Iconography:
Bird
Flowers
Butterflies
Crane
Parrots
Mythological Animals
Eight Lobed Design
Description:
Large eight lobed mirror. On border design of birds, buds and butterflies. Center has a crane at top and pair of parrots at bottom. Mythical animals at left and right.
Credit Line:
Gift of C. T. Loo
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Chinese Bronze and Jade (Rotunda Case Exhibit) ( Jul 2001)
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