Medium: Bronze
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:25–220
Dimensions: 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (1.3 x 13 cm)
Collections:
Museum Location: Asian Galleries, West, 2nd floor (China)
Exhibitions:
Accession Number: 10.58
Image: 10.58_PS9.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Mirror, circular, quite thin, of medium size, of the Han "T L V" type. Bronze. The back has the usual pierced round knob in the center set in a square decorated with T-shaped projections on the middle of each side of the square, one of the L-shapes issuing from the outer edge of the field opposite each T, and one of the inverted V-shapes similarly placed opposite each angle of the frame, set in a ground of fantastic animals, birds, men and scrolls and small regularly disposed nipples, all done in low relief. Between this field and the higher broad rim is a narrow band of oblique lines. The rim has a narrow band of zigzags and a broader border of scrolls. The front is spotted rather dirty yellow and the back is dark silver gray.