Mirror with nine directional points and T-shaped designs

Details

• Title

  Mirror with nine directional points and T-shaped designs

• Associated place

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  5th - 3rd century BC (500 - 201 BC)
  Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC)
  Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 9)

• Material and technique

  bronze

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › bronze

• Technique index

  formed › cast

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › mirror;

  religious/ritual equipment

• Dimensions

  without handle 0.5 cm (height)
  16.8 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.1558

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