Bronze mirror with design of interlaced circles and raised dots

Object Details

• Description

  Circular bronze mirror with raised plain outer rim and a domed hemispherical pierced boss in the center. The main body of the back of the mirror is decorated with raised petal motif encircling the central boss and interlocked double circles (qianwen) with raised dots occurring at the point where the circles coincide. Clusters of five raised dots are arranged in the diamond-shaped areas formed by the interlocking double circles. A circle of raised dots and a single raised band enclose the overall design. Grayish-green mottled patina.

• Provenance

  To 1974

  Mrs. Hubert Grigaut, Washington, DC [1]

  From 1974

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mrs. Hubert Grigaut, Washington, DC [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See letter to Mrs. Hubert Grigaut dated November 14, 1974, copy in object file, Collections Managment Office.

  [2] Object came to the Study Collection in 1974. See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. Hubert Grigaut

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mrs. Hubert Grigaut

• Type

  Mirror

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  900s, 1200s

• Name

  Grigaut, Hubert

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Song dynasty (960 - 1279), Chinese Art

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Mirrors