MirrorsChinese6th-7th century
Circular Mirror with Decoration of the Animals of the Four Quadrants, the Eight Trigrams, and Flying Apsarases
581 - 618
Dimensions
Diam. 24.8 x Thickness 1.9 cm (9 3/4 x 3/4 in.)
Provenance
[Edgar Worch vorm. Ludwig Glenk Antiquitäten, Berlin, January 6, 1931] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1931-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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