Period:Unknown
Materials:metal
Technique:
Dimensions:Diameter: 62 millimetres Weight: 28.10 grammes
Description:
Metal mirror, with four-character inscription on the side with the handle. The same four-character inscription is also found on Chinese coin-shaped charms.
IMG
![图片[1]-mirror; coin; charm BM-1996-0217.2508-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Miscellaneous objects/mid_00540095_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-mirror; coin; charm BM-1996-0217.2508-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Miscellaneous objects/00540103_001.jpg)
Comments:Compare with the toggle illustrated in Margaret Duda, Traditional Chinese Toggles: Counterweights and Charms, Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd, Singapore, 2011, p. 253, fig. 58. The inscription refers to Dou Yujun 窦禹鈞 (also known as Dou Yanshan 竇燕山 , whose name appears in the Thousand Character Classic《三字經》in the lines 竇燕山， 有義方。教五子，名俱揚), whose five sons all passed the imperial civil service exam.
Materials:metal
Technique:
Dimensions:Diameter: 62 millimetres Weight: 28.10 grammes
Description:
Metal mirror, with four-character inscription on the side with the handle. The same four-character inscription is also found on Chinese coin-shaped charms.
IMG
Comments:Compare with the toggle illustrated in Margaret Duda, Traditional Chinese Toggles: Counterweights and Charms, Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd, Singapore, 2011, p. 253, fig. 58. The inscription refers to Dou Yujun 窦禹鈞 (also known as Dou Yanshan 竇燕山 , whose name appears in the Thousand Character Classic《三字經》in the lines 竇燕山， 有義方。教五子，名俱揚), whose five sons all passed the imperial civil service exam.
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