Mirror

48-2-4

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 48-2-4
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Period Ming Dynasty (uncertain) | Qing Dynasty (uncertain)
Date Made Ming Dynasty - Qing Dynasty
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Description

Marriage mirror. Back shows a man and a woman, with three lucky symbols: a crane for Longevity, ingot of precious metal (the mirror-boss) for Wealth, and conventionalized books for Wisdom.

Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number L-2-338 - Old Loan Number

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