Lobed Circular Mirror with Scrolling Peony Decor
1115-1234
Description
This eight-lobed mirror has a flat, undecorated rim of medium width. The decorated field is slightly sunken, and within each lobe there are three stylized cloud-like elements. The main decorative field is encircled by a border of small beads and filled with designs of scrolling peonies. Nestled within the floral design is a cast character reading "Han" (Korea). A decorative element of combined lines and beads surrounds the loop knob at the center. A five-character inscription was incised into the otherwise plain border post-casting.
Dimensions
Diam. 12.3 cm (4 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Edmund Lin (1928-2006; Professor, Harvard Medical School), Boston; by bequest to the Harvard Art Museum
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