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mirror of darkened bronze with geometric and animal decoration
Mirror
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Mirror

Artist Chinese Artist
DateEastern Han Dynasty (25-220)
Place of originChina, Asia
MediumBronze
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase, gift of Dr. and Mrs. David A. Cofrin
Object number2001.25
Collections
Visual Descriptionmirror of darkened bronze with geometric and animal decoration
Image Not Available for Mirror with Hunting Motif
Mirror with Hunting Motif
Chinese Artist
Tang Dynasty (618-907), 8th century
Bronze jar with ovoid body, ring handles, and bands of scrolling decoration.
Bronze Jar (Hu) 青銅壺
Chinese Artist
Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Warring States period (481-256 BCE)
A bronze food vessel with wide opening, two handles emerging from animal masks, a round body resting on a foot ring. Decorated with lozenge patterns around central band.
Bronze Gui 青銅簋
Chinese Artist
Western Zhou dynasty (1100–771 BCE)
A tall, slender bronze vessel with a wide flared rim. Its narrow neck connects to a segmented midsection and splayed base, both decorated with raised geometric patterns and vertical ridges. The surface has a mottled green and brown patina.
Ritual Beaker
Chinese Artist
Shang dynasty (c. 1600-1100 BCE), 12th century BCE
Mirror inset in relief-carved wood, end of handle is carved as a circle; back and sides have rows of quatrefoil motifs; mirror is inset in conventional beveled frame, which is then inset into a hand-carved frame. Handle and outer frame are made of a lightweight wood, dark brown stain, some patina on handle.
Woman's Prestige Mirror
Igbo Artist
20th century
Bronze Bottle 청동병
Bronze Bottle 청동병
Korean Artist 작자미상 作者未詳
Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), 12th-13th century
Solid bronze; cast in the shape of a bear and a tiger locked in combat; the bear is caught with open eyes and mouth; the tiger bites the bear's back with a ferocious demeanor; engraved details.
Circular Weight
Chinese Artist
Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
Bronze vase with flaring rim and gold splash design
Gold-splash Vase
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 17th-18th century
The sides of the bronze vessel decorated in high relief with the Eight Daoist Immortals, each with silver head and gilded body, with a pair of phoenixes and a pair of cranes in flight above, all reserved on a fine ring matted ground between gilt borders of key fret above and below, raised on three silver ruyi-head feet and with silver mouth rim
Censer
Chinese Artist
17th-18th century
Silver and gold-inlaid bronze garment hook, Warring States, the arched shaft finely inlaid with dotted feather or scale pattern divided by cheveron and horizontal bands, with an animal-head hook at one end and an inlaid button on the underside, inlaid at one end with a bird
Belt Hook
Chinese Artist
Warring States Period (c. 475-221 BCE)
A sea shell forming the body of the gilt-bronze animal lying semi-recumbent with legs tucked neatly under the body and with head raised up, with antlers and ears flared back to hold the shell in place
Deer-Shaped Mounted Shell
Chinese Artist
Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 9 A.D.)
Carved with archaistic motifs
Faceted Vase and Cover
Chinese Artist
19th century

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