Tinned bronze marriage mirrorTang dynasty

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709

Title

Tinned bronze marriage mirrorTang dynasty (618-907)

Short title

Tinned bronze marriage mirrorTang dynasty

Record number

BATEA : 699

Simple name

mirror

Classified name

metal; bronze; mirror; Tang; hare; dragon; animal; bird; landscape; China;

Description

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An eight-lobed tinned bronze marriage mirror decorated in relief with a small circular medallion. The decoration at the top depicts a hare pounding the elixir of immortality to the west of a bodhi tree with a toad to the east of the tree. At the bottom (or south segment) is a three-clawed dragon over waves, with two trefoil clouds flanking the dragon. On the west and east of the mirror are two long-tailed birds in flight carrying knotted ribbons in their beaks.

Description material

metalwork

Description condition

Restored by conservationists at Wiltshire History Centre, returned 20 July 2020.Recovered damaged in April 2019. Stolen on 17 April 2018. good

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15cm

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