Chinese Bronze Mirror

Authors

St. Cloud State University

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Description

A mirror with the outer register cast with birds in relief, while grapes and rampant lions encircle the central pierced, animal-form knob. The surface is well-patinated and encrusted with malachite on the obverse. These mirrors were of great social importance as the predate the arrival of glass mirrors.

Date: Tang Dynasty: 705 AD - 907 AD

Dimensions (in inches): 4.75 (H) x .5 (W) x 4.75 (D)

Publication Date

907

Keywords

William Lindgren, China, mirror, St. Cloud State University

Comments

Part of the William M. Lindgren Asian Art Collection housed in the St. Cloud State University Archives. Item 2037

Recommended Citation

St. Cloud State University, "Chinese Bronze Mirror" (907). Lindgren 3D Objects. 5.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/wlindgren_3D/5