Mirror with dragons
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Period
3rd century BCE -
Geography
China -
Material
Bronze -
Dimension
Diam x D: 23.5 x 1.2 cm (9 1/4 x 1/2 in) -
Accession Number
F1935.14a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1935.14a-b
Object Details
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Description
Mirror, with one repair. Box. Glossy mottled black patina with areas of azurite on surface. In sharply cut low relief. -
Provenance
From at least 1934 to 1935C. T. Loo & Company, New York from at least December 1, 1934 [1]From 1935Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York on March 23, 1935 [2]Notes:[1] See "List of objects owned by C. T. Loo, New York and [left by him] at the Gallery for examination on December 1, 1934," copy in object file.[2] See C. T. Loo's invoice dated March 23, 1935, copy in object file. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)Chinese Art (March 15, 1982 to June 15, 1982)Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)Chinese Bronze, Jade, Metalwork (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957)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, 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) -
Previous custodian or owner
C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948) -
Origin
China -
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment -
Type
Mirror -
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