Period:Eastern Zhou dynasty Production date:3rdC BC (circa)
Materials:bronze
Technique:
Dimensions:Diameter: 10.10 centimetres Weight: 71 grammes
Description:
Mirror with linked arcs and four birds. Round bronze mirror with 12 linked arcs along the outer edge. Framed by a raised ring, the surface around the triple-fluted knob and in the main band as background for the birds is covered in interlocking lozenges framed by pearl borders and filled with four round and four triangular swirls. Smaller lozenges are filled with two swirls. The four birds have long necks dipped toward the knob. They are arranged in pairs as two are facing each other.
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![图片[1]-mirror BM-1932-1014.16-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Eastern Zhou dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00994265_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-mirror BM-1932-1014.16-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Eastern Zhou dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00994266_001.jpg)
Comments:
Materials:bronze
Technique:
Dimensions:Diameter: 10.10 centimetres Weight: 71 grammes
Description:
Mirror with linked arcs and four birds. Round bronze mirror with 12 linked arcs along the outer edge. Framed by a raised ring, the surface around the triple-fluted knob and in the main band as background for the birds is covered in interlocking lozenges framed by pearl borders and filled with four round and four triangular swirls. Smaller lozenges are filled with two swirls. The four birds have long necks dipped toward the knob. They are arranged in pairs as two are facing each other.
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