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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1959.77
Title
Fragment: Half of a Large Octagonal Mirror with Relief Decoration of a Coiled Dragon amid Clouds
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/203330

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cast bronze
Dimensions
Diam. 27.7 x W. 15.4 cm (10 7/8 x 6 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Langdon Warner
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
1959.77
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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Examination" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, May 1991), Unpublished, passim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Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2005), Unpublished, pp. 1-25 passim

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