1943.52.167: Circular Mirror with Relief Decoration of the Daoist Deities Xiwangmu and Dongwanggong, a Dragon, and a Horse-Drawn Chariot

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.52.167

Title

Circular Mirror with Relief Decoration of the Daoist Deities Xiwangmu and Dongwanggong, a Dragon, and a Horse-Drawn Chariot

Classification

Mirrors

Work Type

mirror

Date

1st-early 3rd century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China

Period

Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/204343

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, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.52.167

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2005), Unpublished, pp. 1-25 passim
• Susan Costello, Katherine Eremin, and Francesca Bewer, "An investigation of repairs to Chinese bronze artefacts at the Harvard Art Museums", Holding It All Together: Ancient and Modern Approaches to Joining, Repair and Consolidation, ed. David Saunders, Archetype Publications (London, 2009), pp. 184-191, pp. 188-189, fig. 6

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