Skip to main content

Chinese bronze mirror with motifs and beasts

Image attached to O.201-1946

An image of Mirror made from bronze, with motifs on the main ground, surrounded by beasts. Central boss in a square panel containing four petals. Wide raised rim with frieze of animals. Bronze, diameter 13.3 cm. Han Dynasty (BC 206 - AD 220). Chinese.

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

About this image

Mirror made from bronze, with motifs on the main ground, surrounded by beasts. Central boss in a square panel containing four petals. Wide raised rim with frieze of animals. Bronze, diameter 13.3 cm. Han Dynasty (BC 206 - AD 220). Chinese.

Image data

  • Accession Number: O.201-1946
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Mark Box
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 967.44kB
  • Exposure time: 1/15
  • ISO Speed: 50
  • Captured: 2012:01:10 16:29:42

Key words

animals beasts bronze Chinese circle circular frieze Han Dynasty mirror motif round

Colours in this image

rgb(50,54,54), rgb(234,234,234), rgb(168,172,172), rgb(136,140,142), rgb(112,119,121), rgb(96,100,102), rgb(80,87,88), rgb(153,155,164), rgb(103,107,116), rgb(188,180,181), rgb(188,188,172)

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Chinese bronze mirror with motifs and beasts" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-201931 Accessed: 2024-03-29 12:47:48

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-201931 |title=Chinese bronze mirror with motifs and beasts |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-29 12:47:48|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/images/media-201931

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa36/O_201_1946_1_201201_mdb56_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Mirror"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Chinese bronze mirror with motifs and beasts</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...