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- Mirror with Flowing Water, Reeds, and Geese
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Mirror with Flowing Water, Reeds, and Geese
- Museum No.
- EK223
Photo No：340-8293
Color type：Color
| Title | Mirror with Flowing Water, Reeds, and Geese |
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| Category | Metalwork (E), Bronze Mirrors |
| Country | Japan |
| Period | Heian Late |
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| Dimensions | Diameter 11.35cm Rim height 0.5cm Rim width 0.05cm |
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| Donor | Katsura Toshiko and Yoshida Sumiko |
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This blackish brown mirror is veiled with a yellow-green patina. The knob surround is a flattened chrysanthemum with curling petals, and the extremely thin, narrow rim leans outward. Soft, delicate lines depict flowing water, reeds, and a pair of geese flying towards the right. The combination of reeds and water birds was a popular decorative motif in the 12th century, together with geese or herons. Along with mirrors decorated with autumn grasses, in this example we can see natural scenes popular at that time. This type of motif merged with that of cranes bearing pine branches in their beaks, ultimately evolving into the utopian Penglai (J., Hôrai) compositional type.
Japan-Heian-Late