Lobed Circular Mirror with Scrolling Peony Decor

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2010.441
Title: Lobed Circular Mirror with Scrolling Peony Decor
Classification: Mirrors
Work Type: mirror
Date: 1115-1234
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Jin dynasty, 1115-1234
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/315442

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Cast brass
Dimensions: Diam. 12.3 cm (4 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Edmund Lin (1928-2006; Professor, Harvard Medical School), Boston; by bequest to the Harvard Art Museum

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Edmund Chi Chien Lin
Accession Year: 2010
Object Number: 2010.441
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: This eight-lobed mirror has a flat, undecorated rim of medium width. The decorated field is slightly sunken, and within each lobe there are three stylized cloud-like elements. The main decorative field is encircled by a border of small beads and filled with designs of scrolling peonies. Nestled within the floral design is a cast character reading "Han" (Korea). A decorative element of combined lines and beads surrounds the loop knob at the center. A five-character inscription was incised into the otherwise plain border post-casting.

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