Mirror, TLV type / Artist Unknown, China

About this Item

Accession Number: 1961/2.56
Title: Mirror, TLV type
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Medium and Support: bronze
Object Creation Date: 206 BCE - 220 CE
Object Creation Place: Asia (continent); China (nation)
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2: China (nation)
Credit Line: Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
Inscription: Inscriptions
Period: China, Han Period (206 BCE-220 CE)
Dimensions: 1.4 cm x 16.35 cm x 16.35 cm (9/16 in. x 6 7/16 in. x 6 7/16 in.)
Century: 2nd century BCE-2nd century CE
Primary Object Classification: Metalwork
Primary Object Type: mirror
Primary Keywords: animals; birds; dragon; mirrors
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; creatures; household objects; mythology; objects we use; the natural world; tlv patterns
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 921 x 821
File Size: 81 KB
Record: 1961/2.56
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Full citation: "Mirror, TLV type; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1961-sl-2.56/1961_2.56.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.