Mirror, "Animal cycle type" (Ssu-ling shih-er hsiao: 4 spirits and 12 zodiacs) / Artist Unknown, China
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- Accession Number
- 1974/1.180
- Title
- Mirror, "Animal cycle type" (Ssu-ling shih-er hsiao: 4 spirits and 12 zodiacs)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with malachite and azurite patina
- Object Creation Date
- 7th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Credit Line
- The Oliver J. Todd Memorial Collection
- Dimensions
- 18.3 cm x 18.3 cm x 1.4 cm (7 3/16 in. x 7 3/16 in. x 9/16 in.)
- Century
- 7th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Metalwork
- Primary Object Type
- mirror
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Physical Description
- Bronze mirror with one side polished flat, and the other side decorated with mystical animals for cardinal orientation and twelve zodiac animals.
- Subject Matter
- bronze mirror decorated with mystical animals (marking cardinal orientations) around the knob in the center, which are in turn surrounded by a band of twelve zodiac animals marking temporal orientation.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- design elements
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- inorganic material
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- motifs
- nonferrous metal
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 976 x 928
- File Size
- 80 KB
- Record
- 1974/1.180
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"Mirror, "Animal cycle type" (Ssu-ling shih-er hsiao: 4 spirits and 12 zodiacs); Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1974-sl-1.180/1974_1.180.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
