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Mirror

About 8th century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueBronze with decoration of animals, and birds with grapevines
DimensionsDiameter: 10.8cm (4 1/4in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number20.732
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
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.
Mirror
581–618 A.D.
Bowl
about A.D. 700
Mirror
8th century A.D.
Three-case inro
Shigemasa
mid-19th century
Ewer with birds
possibly 15th century
Restricted: For reference only
Herter Brothers
about 1880
Group shot: 24.457, 24.460
19th century