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Maker: Unknown
Mirror made from white bronze. It has a wide raised rim with crouching dragons in slight relief. Inscription around the central boss reads cho-yi-shi-sou "everlasting sons and grandsons". Between the rim and central fiels in a band of seven mythical creatures.
History note: Bought from Tonying October 1927. Chinese exhibition Manchester 1936 No 115
Oscar C Raphael Bequest, 1941, received 1946
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1941) by Raphael, Oscar C.
Chinese Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Circa
-0206
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220
Accession number: O.202-1946
Primary reference Number: 138313
Oscar Raphael number: 29
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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