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Object Details

• Provenance

  ?-1965

  Caroline L. Plumer (1901-1995) [1]

  From 1965

  National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, purchased from Caroline L. Plumer [2]

  Notes:

  [1] This was purchased from Caroline L. Plumer (1901-1995) in 1965.

  [2] See note 1. This work is part of the Museum’s National Museum of Asian Art Study.

  Research updated May 22, 2026

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Caroline L. Plumer (1901-1995)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Mirror

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Name

  Plumer, Caroline L.

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Bronze, Art, Sculpture, Chinese Art, Metal-work

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Mirrors