1943.52.173: Circular Mirror with Four Stylized Animal Faces and Auspicious Inscription Reading "Chang Yi Wei Guan"
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.52.173
- Title
- Circular Mirror with Four Stylized Animal Faces and Auspicious Inscription Reading "Chang Yi Wei Guan"
- Classification
- Mirrors
- Work Type
- mirror
- Date
- dated to 156
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/204317
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cast bronze with two integrally cast inscriptions (one auspicious, one documentary)
- Dimensions
- Diam. 14.2 cm (5 9/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.52.173
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- R.W. Swallow, Ancient Chinese Bronze Mirrors, Henri Vetch (Peiping, 1937), pl. 26
- 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Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2005), Unpublished, pp. 1-25 passim
Verification Level
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