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Ritual mirror with inscription in lishu, or clerical script
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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1st century BC (100 - 1 BC)
Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 9)
- Material and technique
- bronze
- Dimensions
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with handle 0.8 cm (height)
without handle 0.5 cm (height)
14.1 cm (diameter)
473.7 g (weight)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › bronze
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Accession no.
- EAX.1374
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Further reading
Loveday, Helen, Chinese Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum: An Illustrated Handbook to the Collections (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1990), p. 41, illus. p. 43 pl. 19
Glossary
lishu
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lishu
Qin Dynasty clerical script.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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