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- Mirror with Bush Clover Design, Butterflies, and Birds
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Mirror with Bush Clover Design, Butterflies, and Birds
- Museum No.
- EK17-37
Photo No：477-11728
Color type：Color
| Title | Mirror with Bush Clover Design, Butterflies, and Birds |
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| Category | Metalwork(E), Bronze Mirrors |
| Country | Japan |
| Period | Kamakura Late |
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| Dimensions | Diameter 11.3cm Rim height 0.9cm Rim width 0.4cm |
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Included Works
EK17
Mirror with Abstract Animals in Band
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Mirror with Whirlpool Design
EK17-2
Mirror with Flower Design and Seven Arcs
EK17-3
Mirror with Five Animals
EK17-4
Mirror with Abstract Animals in Band
EK17-5
Mirror with Four Animals
EK17-6
Mirror with Tooth Comb Pattern
EK17-7
Mirror with Abstract Animals in Band
EK17-8
Mirror with Pines and Cranes
EK17-9
Mirror with Cranes and Pines and Butterflies
EK17-10
Mirror with Arabesque and Phoenixes
EK17-11
Mirror with Chrysanthemums and Birds
EK17-12
Mirror with Chrysanthemums, Butterflies, and Birds
EK17-13
Mirror with Globeflowers and Flying Sparrows
EK17-14
Mirror with Chrysanthemum Branches and Flying Sparrows
EK17-15
Mirror with Autumn Plants, Butterflies, and Birds
EK17-16
Mirror with Cranes and Pine Needles
EK17-17
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This dark brown mirror has a backside covered in black lacquer and a reflective face plated with tin. The knob surround consists of pistils spread out around the knob like flower petals, but here the tips of the pistils have merged to become a string of jewels. The thick rim has high, straight sides. Four roundels enclose branches of bush clover (J., hagi) bending to the left; butterflies and birds occupy the spaces between them. One roundel of bush clovers contains a spider web, while the one opposite to it includes pampas grass (J., susuki), adding variation to the composition and presenting an archaizing tendency in roundel-patterned mirrors. The delicate depiction of the bush clovers closely resembles that of Mirror with Autumn Grasses, Butterflies, and Birds (EK17-46), generally suggesting a production date in the latter half of the Kamakura period (1185-1333).
Japan-Kamakura-Late