Mirror with a Pair of Twisted Fish (likely carp)
Unidentified Ming Dynasty maker, Chinese, 1368 - 1644
Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644
Bronze
Overall: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. George Pettengill Jr., in memory of her sons, George Tilford Pettengill, III (1909-1944), Class of 1932 and William Van Horne Pettengill (1914-1952), Class of 1937
M.965.72.2
Geography
Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Personal Gear: Mirror
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Provenance
Leila Price Pettengill (1887-1977), Washington, D.C.; given to present collection, 1965.
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