Mirror with a hunting scene
Place of OriginChina
Date700-800
DynastyTang dynasty (618-907)
MaterialsBronze
DimensionsH. 1/2 in x Diam. 8 7/8 in, H. 1.3 cm x Diam. 22.5 cm
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60B547
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsMetal Arts
On View
On viewLocationGallery 15
More InformationChinese Mirrors, 771 BCE–907 CE
Bronze mirrors began to be produced in China over four thousand years ago. By the end of China’s Bronze Age (about twentyfive hundred years ago), these mirrors had become a standard item in bronze production. They continued to be made in significant numbers until the end of the nineteenth century. The latest of the series displayed here was created about twelve hundred years ago.
Made of silvery bronze and cast without bubbles or other flaws, these mirrors have two surfaces: one highly polished, slightly convex, and reflective and the other decorated, often with religious subjects or scenes of ceremonial practices.
Subject
- hunting
- horse
700-800
618-907
approx. 1100-1200
approx. 1200-1392
probably 100-280
prob. 100 BCE-9 CE
206 BCE-9 CE
approx. 300-200 BCE
approx. 100-300