Mirror
581–618 A.D.
Medium/TechniqueBronze; 8-character inscription and decoration of animals
Dimensions
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number20.727
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMetalwork
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ProvenancePurchased from the Estate of Okakura Kakuzo. Most likely purchased by Okakura Kakuzo in China in 1912, when he purchased many Chinese mirrors for the MFA.
About 8th century A.D.
about A.D. 700
9th century B.C.
10th century B.C.
Late 11th century B.C.
12th–11th century B.C.
206 B.C.–A.D. 220
2nd century
1723–35
1723–35