1949.58: Circular Mirror with Decoration of Two Stylized Dragons, Two Stylized Tigers, and Four Florets
Mirrors
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1949.58
- Title
- Circular Mirror with Decoration of Two Stylized Dragons, Two Stylized Tigers, and Four Florets
- Classification
- Mirrors
- Work Type
- mirror
- Date
- 1st-early 3rd century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/203873
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cast bronze
- Dimensions
- Diam. 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Anonymous Gift
- Accession Year
- 1949
- Object Number
- 1949.58
- 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Examination" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, May 1991), Unpublished, passim
Verification Level
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