1943.52.134: Circular Mirror with Decoration of Linked Lozenges and White Inlays against a Patterned Ground
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.52.134
- Title
- Circular Mirror with Decoration of Linked Lozenges and White Inlays against a Patterned Ground
- Classification
- Mirrors
- Work Type
- mirror
- Date
- 5th-3rd century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/204393
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cast bronze inset with white material
- Dimensions
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Diam. 15.1 cm (5 15/16 in.)
Weight: 350 g
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.52.134
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- 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. 187-188, fig. 4
Verification Level
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