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anonymous, -0500 - -0200

Mirror with star motif and four birds. Late Eastern Zhou period (481 - 222 BC).

  • Artwork typemirror
  • Object numberAK-MAK-27
  • Dimensionsdiameter 9.5 cm x height 0.5 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Spiegel

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-27

  • Description

    Decor met vier vogels en stervormig middengedeelte met piekvormige uitlopers; fond bestaande uit spiralen, puntjes, etc. Het patina is heldergroen en bruin.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, China

  • Dating

    -0500 - -0200

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    diameter 9.5 cm x height 0.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Theodor Bohlken, Berlijn, 1931)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from the dealer Bohlken, Berlin, fl. 400, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1931;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

  • Filippo Salviati, 'Stylistic features of some pre-Han Chinese mirrors in the Rijksmuseum Collection, Amsterdam', Aziatische Kunst 27/1 (1997), pp. 21-28.

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