Mirror
CultureChinese
DateSui dynasty (581-618 C.E.)
MediumSilver with traces of green patina
DimensionsOverall: 9/16 × 7 1/16 inches (1.42 × 17.93 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-46/2
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DescriptionMirror decorated with eight bands of relief decoration. The largest, central band has a tiger, a phoenix, a two-headed bird, a lion, and a bird-woman in high relief. The third band consists of an inscription. The rest are geometric designs. In the center is a large loop.ProvenanceWith Pai Teh Jen, Peking (today Beijing), China, by January 25, 1932;
Purchased from Pai Teh Jen, through Laurence Sickman (1906-1988), by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932 [1].
NOTES:
[1] Included on a list of purchases made in China in 1932 by Laurence Sickman, Nelson-Atkins advisor on Asian art. Harvard Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 15, folder 32, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
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