Bronze_mirror_with_painted_designs,_Western_Han.jpg
Description Bronze mirror with painted designs, Western Han.jpg | Detail on the backside of a Chinese Western Han Dynasty bronze mirror painted with pigment and designs of flower motif and scenes of daily life during the 2nd century BC. |
Date | First half of 2nd century BC |
Source | "Brilliant Artifacts" in Recarving China's Past (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2005), by Cary Y. Liu, edited by Naomi Noble Richard, image on page 381, description on page 380. |
Author | Anonymous artist |
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