1951.109: Stone Mold for Casting a Bronze Mirror
Tools and Equipment
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.109
- Title
- Stone Mold for Casting a Bronze Mirror
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Work Type
- mold
- Date
- Xin to Eastern Han period, 1st-2nd century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/203245
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Stone mold with carved and incised designs
- Dimensions
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H. 20.2 x W. 18.2 x D. 1.5 cm (7 15/16 x 7 3/16 x 9/16 in.)
mirror: Diam. 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer in honor of Langdon Warner
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.109
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Susan Costello, "An Investigation of Early Chinese Bronze Mirrors at the Harvard University Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2005), Unpublished, pp. 1-25 passim
Exhibition History
- Ancient Chinese Metal Technology, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge, 04/29/1977 - 10/30/1977
Verification Level
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