Octagonal mirror with animals, flowerets, and floral scrolls

Detail of a pattern
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At A Glance

On View
  • Period

    late 7th–first half of the 8th century
  • Geography

    China
  • Material

    Cast bronze and applied gold plaque with repoussé, chased, and ring-punched decoration
  • Dimension

    Diam x D: 5.6 x 0.8 cm (2 3/16 x 5/16 in)
  • Accession Number

    F1935.6a-b
  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1935.6a-b

Object Details

  • Provenance

    From at least 1935
    C. T. Loo & Company, New York, from at least January 5, 1935 [1]
    From 1935
    Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York on February 2, 1935 [2]
    Notes:
    [1] See Approval Memo, with a handwritten note: "Brought in by C. T. Loo's nephew," dated January 5, 1935, copy in object file.
    [2] See C. T. Loo's invoice dated February 2, 1935, copy in object file.
  • Collection

    Freer Gallery of Art Collection
  • Exhibition History

    Center of the World: China and the Silk Road (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
    Silk Road Exhibition (August 18 to December 25, 2011)
    Silk Road Luxuries from China (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)
    Personal Luxuries in Early China (July 7, 1998 to January 3, 2016)
    Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)
    Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork and Painting, East Corridor (February 15, 1955 to August 26, 1955)
    Special Mirror Exhibition (November 16, 1954 to February 25, 1955)
    Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)
    Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)
    Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, Pottery, and Painting (March 23, 1944 to May 2, 1946)
    Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Metalwork, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to March 23, 1944)
    Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944)
    Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
    Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)
    Untitled Exhibition, Musée National des Douanes, before 1935 (Before 1935)
  • Previous custodian or owner

    C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)
  • Origin

    China
  • Credit Line

    Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
  • Type

    Mirror
  • On View

    Freer Gallery 16: Center of the World: China and the Silk Road
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