Accession Number
2004/1.236

Title
Mirror with Lobed Rim

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
12th century

Medium & Support
bronze

Dimensions
5 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 5/16 in. (12.9 x 12.9 x 0.7 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam

Physical Description
This is an eight-lobed bronze mirror in a dark green or blackish green hue. It is divided into two registers by eightlobed ridge, first of which is decorated with floral scrolls. The inner register has two cranes encircling the suspension loop in the center with their wings extended and facing each other. This object may be compared to other crane-patterned mirrors excavated from the Geumcheon-dong tomb site in Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do Province.

[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017), 241]

Primary Object Classification
Metalwork

Primary Object Type
mirror

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
Koryŏ
bronze (metal)
mirrors
rims