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Tinned bronze marriage mirrorTang dynasty
Tinned bronze marriage mirrorTang dynasty
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Tinned bronze marriage mirrorTang dynasty (618-907)
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Tinned bronze marriage mirrorTang dynasty
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BATEA : 699
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mirror
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metal; bronze; mirror; Tang; hare; dragon; animal; bird; landscape; China;
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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.
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metalwork
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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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8th century
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Tang
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China
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