Mirror with serpentine interlaces and angular meanders / Artist Unknown, China
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1958/2.76
- Title
- Mirror with serpentine interlaces and angular meanders
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with silver and malachite patina
- Object Creation Date
- 3rd century BCE
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Dimensions
- 23.6 cm x 23.6 cm x 0.6 cm (9 5/16 in. x 9 5/16 in. x 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 3rd century BCE
- Primary Object Classification
- Metalwork
- Primary Object Type
- mirror
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Physical Description
- Thinnly cast mirror with narrow rim and bridge-shaped knob, back decorated with interlaces of serpentine and angular meaders, front side polished flat
- Subject Matter
- bronze mirror decorated with interlaces of serpentine and angular meaders, front side polished flat, used by the elite of Warring States Period in first millennium BCE
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- inorganic material
- legendary creatures
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1079 x 943
- File Size
- 73 KB
- Record
- 1958/2.76
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