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Mirror with Dragon Motif

CultureChinese
Date8th century C.E.
MediumSilvered bronze
DimensionsOverall: 12 1/4 inches (31.12 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number40-3/1
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • 224
Collections
DescriptionOctapetalous mirror decorated with single large writhing dragon. Silver, brilliant green patina.Exhibition History

Arts of the Tang Dynasty, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, January 8 - February 17, 1957.

The Dragon in Chinese Art, China Institute in America, New York, March 22 - May 28, 1972.

Provenance

Yamanaka & Co.;

Purchased from Yamanaka & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1940.

Published References

The Arts of the T’ang Dynasty: A Loan Exhibition Organized By The Los Angeles County Museum From Collections In America, the Orient and Europe, January 8 - February 17, 1957(Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum, 1957), no. 128 (repro.).

Hugo Munsterberg, Dragons in Chinese Art (New York, China House Gallery, 1971), 32, no. 28 (repro.).

Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 282 (repro.).  

Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 325, no. 126 (repro.).

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