Mirror with a Bird | Yale University Art Gallery

3rd–4th century C.E.

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art

Medium: Black bronze
Dimensions: 3 1/4 in. (8.26 cm)
Credit Line: Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
Accession Number: 1953.27.30
Geography: China
Culture: Chinese
Period: Western Jin dynasty (265–316 C.E.)
Classification: Tools and Equipment
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Provenance

Ton-ying and Company, New York, 1922; Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955), New York; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

George J. Lee, Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1970), 10, no. 12, ill

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Object/Work type

mirrors

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