1943.52.162: Octofoil Mirror with Relief Decoration of Two Lions and Two Phoenixes against a Floral Arabesque
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.52.162
- Title
- Octofoil Mirror with Relief Decoration of Two Lions and Two Phoenixes against a Floral Arabesque
- Classification
- Mirrors
- Work Type
- mirror
- Date
- 8th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Tang dynasty, 618-907
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/204115
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cast bronze with traces of gold over a lacquer (?) substrate
- Dimensions
- Diam. 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Grenville L. Winthrop purchased from Yamanaka & Co., New York
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.52.162
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Susan Costello, "An Investigation of Early Chinese Bronze Mirrors at the Harvard University Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2005), Unpublished, pp. 1-25 passim
Verification Level
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