Mirror

C690

Location: On Display in the Asia Galleries

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number C690
Current Location Asia Galleries - On Display
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Period Tang Dynasty
Date Made Later Tang Dynasty
Section Asian
Materials Bronze (uncertain)
Iconography Bird | Flowers | Butterflies | Crane | Parrots | Mythological Animals | Eight Lobed Design
Description

Large eight lobed marriage mirror. The border has a design of birds, buds and butterflies while the center has a crane at the top and a pair of parrots at the bottom. There are mythical animals at the left and right.

Credit Line Gift of C. T. Loo, 1927

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