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Mirror with Blossoming Branches and Animals
- Museum No.
- EK258-2
Photo No：506-12404
Color type：Color
| Title | Mirror with Blossoming Branches and Animals |
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| Category | Metalwork (E), Bronze Mirrors |
| Country | China |
| Period | Tang |
| Century | 8th |
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| Dimensions | Diameter 18.1cm Rim height 1.2cm |
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A wide rim that inclines slightly outward and a mirror back one step lower-divided by an inner into inner and outer bands-have characterized the mirror form since the Sui dynasty (581-618), but a style that featured decorative compositions of animals and flowering branches, realistically depicted, and arranged within a field of open space, first developed during the Tang (618-904). An early example of this type has been excavated from a tomb dated to 714; the Kyoto National Museum mirror is somewhat more recent, dating no earlier than the mid-Tang dynasty.
China-Tang