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Mirror with Auspicious Animals, Celestial Horses, and Grapevines

early 1100s–mid-1200s

China, Jin dynasty

(1115-1234)
Medium
bronze
Measurements
Diameter: 25.9 cm (10 3/16 in.); Overall: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.); Rim: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.357
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Description

The mirror is covered with thick layers of corrosion that have been partially scraped off the reflecting surface. A small triangular area of undisturbed corrosion remains.
Two ornately patterned bands of relief figures radiate around a dark, circular bronze disk with a large knob at the center. The inner band depicts four muscular, four-legged creatures crouching amidst grape clusters and curling vines. In the outer band, smaller birds and running animals weave through more grapevine patterns. A narrow border with a repeating wave-like pattern encircles the rim of the thick, weathered mirror.

Mirror with Auspicious Animals, Celestial Horses, and Grapevines

early 1100s–mid-1200s

China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234)

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