1st century BCE-2nd century CE
11.4 x 0.2 cm (4 1/2 x 1/16 in.)
Cast bronze
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCast bronze; with localized areas of parcel gilding and dated inscription
9th centuryChineseCast bronze with traces of gold over a lacquer (?) substrate
8th centuryChineseCast bronze with integrally cast inscription
3rd-1st century BCEChineseCast Bronze
5th century BCE-1st century CEChineseLeaded bronze
6th century BCEGreekCast bronze
2nd century BCEChineseBronze
4th century BCEGreekCopper alloy
1st century BCE-2nd century CERomanCast bronze
1st-3rd century CEChineseCast Bronze with decoration cold-painted in mineral pigments; reputedly from Changsha, Hunan province
1st century BCEChineseMirror: High tin bronze; Back of mirror: Mixed copper alloy
3rd century BCE-1st century CEHellenistic or Early Roman