Circular "Shenshou" (Deity and Beast) Mirror with Relief Decoration of the Daoist Deities Xiwangmu and Dongwanggong against a Pattern of Rolling Waves, All within a Border of Alternating Semicircles and Faux Seal Impressions

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard

Cast bronze

Copper alloy

Cast bronze with gilding

Cast bronze with blackish patina

Cast bronze

Cast bronze

Mirror side: Leaded bronze; Decorated side: Mixed copper alloy, gilded

Cast bronze; found in Karakhoto, Inner Mongolia

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard

Cast bronze

Lacquered wood