Mirror with Daoist deities and mythic beasts
Place of OriginHubei province, China
Dateprobably 100-280
DynastyEastern Han period (25-220) or Three Kingdoms period (221-265)
MaterialsBronze
DimensionsDiam. 4 1/2 in, Diam. 11.4 cm
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60B539
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsMetal Arts
On View
Not on viewInscribedInscription contains 11 characters which read I made a bright mirror/through hundreds of castings of the bronze (the last three are illegible)
475-221 BCE
420-589 or later
700-800
probably 650-700
approx. 700-850
approx. 200-220
