Bronze Mirror with Floral Motifs
Unknown Asian, Asian
Song Dynasty
Bronze and pewter
Overall: 8 1/4 × 3/8 in. (21 × 1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert L. Ripley, Class of 1939H
40.15.12534
Geography
Place Made: Asia
Period
1000-1400
Object Name
Personal Gear: Mirror
Research Area
Asia
On view
Exhibition History
Attitude of Coexistence: Non-humans in East Asian Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 16, 2024-June 29, 2025.
Provenance
Collected by Robert L. (born LeRoy Robert) Ripley (1890-1949), Mamaroneck, New York, early 20th century (The Ripley's Believe It or Not Collection); given to present collection, 1940.
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