Lobed mirror with a dragon and clouds

Historical period(s)
Mid-Tang dynasty, first half of the 8th century
Medium
Cast bronze
Dimensions
Diam x D: 21.5 x 1.2 cm (8 7/16 x 1/2 in)
Geography
China
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1938.8
On View Location
Freer Gallery 16: Center of the World: China and the Silk Road
Classification(s)
Metalwork, Mirror
Type

Mirror

Keywords
China, dragon, Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Provenance

To 1938
R.A. Bidwell, Springfield, Massachusetts. [1]

From 1938
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from R.A. Bidwell, Springfield, Massachusetts. [2]

Notes:

[1] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

R. A. Bidwell

Published References
  • Benjamin Rowland, Laurence Sickman, H. G. Henderson, Robert Treat Paine, Richard Ettinghausen, Eric Schroeder. The University Prints. Oriental Art Series O 4 vols. Newton, Massachusetts, 1938-1941. Section 2: Early Chinese Art, pl. 186.
  • Sueji Umehara. Shina kodo seikwa [Selected Relics of Ancient Chinese Bronzes from Collections in Europe and Asia]. 3 vols., Osaka. vol. 2: pl. 153.
  • Robert Borgen. Sugawara no Michizane and the Early Heian Court. Cambridge, Massachusetts. p. ii.
  • Grace Dunham Guest, Archibald Gibson Wenley. Annotated Outlines of the History of Chinese Arts. Washington, 1949. p. 5.
  • Alfred Salmony, Friends of Far Eastern Art. Exhibition of Chinese Art: The Art Gallery, Mills College, October 12 - November 25, 1934. Exh. cat. Mills College, CA. p. 53, no. 256, pl. 41.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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