1984.216.C: Fragment of an Eight-Lobed Mirror with Relief Decoration of Two Phoenixes, a Qilin, and a Mythical Animal (one of four pieces that form an incomplete mirror)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1984.216.C
- Title
- Fragment of an Eight-Lobed Mirror with Relief Decoration of Two Phoenixes, a Qilin, and a Mythical Animal (one of four pieces that form an incomplete mirror)
- Classification
- Mirrors
- Work Type
- mirror fragment
- Date
- 8th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Tang dynasty, 618-907
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/201068
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cast bronze
- Dimensions
- L. 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Margot Warner
- Accession Year
- 1984
- Object Number
- 1984.216.C
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Jaime Jouris, "Chinese Black Bronze Mirrors: A Preliminary Examination" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, May 1991), Unpublished, passim
- Susan Costello, "An Investigation of Early Chinese Bronze Mirrors at the Harvard University Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2005), Unpublished, pp. 1-25 passim
Verification Level
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