2010.437: Small Circular Mirror with Relief Decoration of a Bird in Flight with Wings Outstretched
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2010.437
- Title
- Small Circular Mirror with Relief Decoration of a Bird in Flight with Wings Outstretched
- Classification
- Mirrors
- Work Type
- mirror
- Date
- 2nd-3rd century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Eastern Han (25-220) to Three Kingdoms (220-280) period
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/315451
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cast bronze
- Dimensions
- Diam. 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Edmund Lin (1928-2006; Professor, Harvard Medical School), Boston; by bequest to the Harvard Art Museum
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Edmund Chi Chien Lin
- Accession Year
- 2010
- Object Number
- 2010.437
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- This small circular bronze mirror has a narrow, undecorated outer rim that is deeply beveled. This leads to two circular borders with geometric decor -- the outer border with sawtooth pattern, the inner border with short, radiating lines. The decorative area is lightly sunken and features a bird at the center, partly in relief and partly in thread-relief. A large hemispherical knob sits at the center of the mirror and overlaps the bird's body. There are four small bosses interspersed in the decorated field. The reflecting face has been highly polished.
Verification Level
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