Accession Number1961/2.67
TitleMirror, TLV type
Artist(s)ChineseArtist NationalityChinese (culture or style)Object Creation Date206 BCE - 220 CEMedium & Supportbronze with azurite and black patinaDimensions 3/16 in. x 4 3/4 in. x 4 3/4 in. ( 0.4 cm x 12.1 cm x 12.1 cm )
Credit LineMuseum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial CollectionLabel copyMirrors had a sacred significance for the early Chinese, as their shiny round surfaces were able to capture the light of the sun. The center of this mirror is decorated with a circle-within-a-square, a cosmological diagram. Around the perimeter stride two tigers and two griffin-like mythological creatures.
Maribeth Graybill, Senior Curator of Asian Art
Exhibited in "Flora and Fauna in Chinese Art," April 6, 2002 - December 1, 2002.
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Keywords
dragon
lions
mirrors