MirrorsChinese5th-3rd century BCE
Mirror
20th-century pastiche using 3rd-2nd century BCE components
Dimensions
12.2 cm (4 13/16 in.) 412 g
Provenance
[C. T. Loo & Co., New York, December 7, 1933] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1933-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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