1949.59: Circular "Shenshou" (Deity and Beast) Mirror with Relief Decoration of the Daoist Deities Xiwangmu and Dongwanggong against a Pattern of Rolling Waves, All within a Border of Alternating Semicircles and Faux Seal Impressions

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1949.59

Title

Circular "Shenshou" (Deity and Beast) Mirror with Relief Decoration of the Daoist Deities Xiwangmu and Dongwanggong against a Pattern of Rolling Waves, All within a Border of Alternating Semicircles and Faux Seal Impressions

Classification

Mirrors

Work Type

mirror

Date

1st-early 3rd century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China

Period

Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/203684

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Cast bronze with gilding

Dimensions

Diam. 14.2 x H. 1.4 cm (5 9/16 x 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Anonymous Gift

Accession Year

1949

Object Number

1949.59

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Susan Costello, Katherine Eremin, and Francesca Bewer, "An investigation of repairs to Chinese bronze artefacts at the Harvard Art Museums", Holding It All Together: Ancient and Modern Approaches to Joining, Repair and Consolidation, ed. David Saunders, Archetype Publications (London, 2009), pp. 184-191, pp. 187-188, fig. 5

Exhibition History

• Art of the Six Dynasties, China Institute in America, New York, 10/29/1975 - 02/02/1976
• Ancient Chinese Metal Technology, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge, 04/29/1977 - 10/30/1977

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