Mirror

Historical period(s)
Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Diam x D: 24.2 x 1.4 cm (9 1/2 x 9/16 in)
Geography
China
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1909.340a-b
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Metalwork, Mirror
Type

Mirror

Keywords
China, Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)
Provenance

To 1909
Count Tanaka, to 1909 [1]

From 1909 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Count Tanaka through Samurai Shokai, Yokohama in 1909 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 111, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Count Tanaka (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Published References
  • Higuchi Takayasu. Kokyo. 2 vols., Tokyo. vol. 2: pl. 131.
  • Sueji Umehara. Omei ni okeru shina ko kagami [Ancient Chinese Mirrors in Europe and America]. Tokyo. pl. 83.
  • Sueji Umehara. Shina kodo seikwa [Selected Relics of Ancient Chinese Bronzes from Collections in Europe and Asia]. 3 vols., Osaka. vol. 2: pl. 101.
  • Suzanne Cahill. The Word Made Bronze: Inscriptions on Medieval Chinese Bronze Mirrors. vol. 39 New York and Honolulu, HI. p. 65.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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