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Unknown Maker, Korean

Mirror
Now On View

Maker

Unknown Maker, Korean

Culture

Korean

Title

Mirror

Year

300s-600s (?) CE

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

bronze

Geography

Origin: Korea, Three Kingdoms Period, 57 BCE-668 CE

Dimensions

22.2 cm (8 3/4 inches) (diameter)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

18.304

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 12: On Further Review

The RISD Museum’s twelfth issue of Manual focuses on uncovering narratives that were once central to objects’ histories but now have been systematically obscured, inadvertently overlooked, or otherwise lost.

Exhibition History

Asian Art Galleries
Jun 10, 2014

Label copy

Dragons have been featured in metalwork decorations across East and Central Asia since ancient times. Inspired by the majestic demeanor and lithe forms of these mythical beings, metalworkers found creative ways to incorporate them into their designs.

Two dragons chase each other, animating the back of this bronze mirror’s flat, circular frame. The finials in the shape of dragons rising to face each other must have been made even livelier by the lit candles they once held.

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Korean
Mirror, 300s-600s (?) CE
Bronze
22.2 cm (8 3/4 inches) (diameter)
Museum Appropriation Fund 18.304

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