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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.52.172
Title
Circular Mirror with Decoration of Concentric Circles, Linked Arcs, Quatrefoil, and Auspicious Four-Character Inscription
Classification
Mirrors
Work Type
mirror
Date
dated to 64 CE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204118

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cast bronze with three integrally cast inscriptions (one auspicious and two documentary)
Dimensions
Diam. 13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Two documentary inscriptions read: "Gong Sun jia zuo jing" (Mirror made by the Gong-Sun Family) and "Yongping qinian chengyue zuo" (Made in the first month of the seventh year of Yongping [AD 64]).

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
1943.52.172
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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