Octofoil Mirror with Relief Decoration of Two Lions and Two Phoenixes against a Floral Arabesque

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.52.162
Title: Octofoil Mirror with Relief Decoration of Two Lions and Two Phoenixes against a Floral Arabesque
Classification: Mirrors
Work Type: mirror
Date: 8th century
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Tang dynasty, 618-907
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204115

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Cast bronze with traces of gold over a lacquer (?) substrate
Dimensions: Diam. 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Grenville L. Winthrop purchased from Yamanaka & Co., New York

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.52.162

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Publication History

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Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2005), Unpublished, pp. 1-25 passim

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