15929993860001312637261000Standard Recordobject-16567170206296955315832342130001702062269550fitz-onlineadlib-object-16567https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/16567a21b63f1-f43d-33cf-8b65-7cb3562fbe364personreferenceagent-152758adlib-agent-1527582a3f1d0d-ebaf-3e43-b8d9-692b967d74b1figuresreferenceterm-42600adlib-term-426004e9a1739-c949-3aae-844e-963e78b48ae5metalworkreferenceterm-113784adlib-term-1137849bce0f97-ecfe-3ad3-b732-e0fed4fe4bfaGompertz Collectionreferenceterm-40365adlib-term-40365d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005bronzeDiametercm24.0Heightcm1.7Mirrorbronze, with green patinationgreenreferenceterm-120073adlib-term-1200738f03d319-c397-37c8-a0e8-e23ef3cfdbbcpatinatingApplied ArtsMirror with a ship at sea. Bronze. This circular mirror has a raised rim and a central knob. It is decorated with a ship at sea with figures watching as a dragon in a cloud confronts them, fishes emerging from waves, and the sun with the three-legged crow and the moon with a cassia tree (the hare beneath the tree is now missing) in clouds above. An inscription in four seal characters, enclosed in a cartouche is written at the top. The bronze is thick and has a green patination.O.16-19841accession numberO.16-198416567priref16567urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/16567https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/16567referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGompertz Giftreferenceagent-166468adlib-agent-1664680ce28dcf-ae91-3764-b1e9-3b74a113e674Gompertz, G. St. G. M., Mr and Mrs198419841984-07-23givenEntry date: 1984-07-23110011001100circa1100130012th or 13th century1130013001300makerreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownThere are suggestions that such mirrors were made to protect sea travellers.Mirrors of this type have repeatedly excavated from Korean tombs.referenceterm-10373adlib-term-103730467ed74-b41f-394d-b0e6-74a90b6341cbKoryo Dynastyreferenceterm-107804adlib-term-107804fd540532-c6d7-34b7-bd27-f8953aeed6de12th Centuryreferenceterm-107871adlib-term-10787178553be6-c810-30a1-9ba7-23f9a8a0094713th Centuryreferenceterm-43733adlib-term-437330227e536-9ae4-3d64-8ad8-fdfff2a83f58mirrorhistory noteunknown before donor1referenceobject-33765adlib-object-3376532ca048f-3b63-3979-9994-7d16829a20361reference1term-106246adlib-term-1062463c8d7753-a7af-38fc-96e0-f16e7d46d3d0boxboxreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. p.328, no.225328referencepublication-5680adlib-publication-5680983471c9-d9c2-356f-a589-45c072d85ef0Korean Art from the Gompertz and Other Collections in the Fitzwilliam Museum, A Complete Cataloguereferencepublication-1677adlib-publication-1677c277f521-8d68-3582-840b-aa3b90e61198Korean Days - Korean Art in Europereferencepublication-1678adlib-publication-1678e910520d-127b-3fde-bf2f-05dae7a9304bLater Chinese Bronzesreferencepublication-1679adlib-publication-167911d91b73-9fbc-34a0-aa87-30de99eadf45Ri-o-ke Hakubutsukan Shozo-hin Shashin-choobject namereferenceterm-80826adlib-term-808260aa155f8-d4d1-3df9-9bd8-a3b54c4d9618shipanimalreferenceterm-107785adlib-term-107785c70edf96-a6e9-39b0-99bb-d97be0cef893dragonanimalreferenceterm-106737adlib-term-1067373895059f-6d6f-37df-99e4-ff1b81f74086fishanimalreferenceterm-11256adlib-term-112569f559f8e-685a-370f-bb86-d1da78400531Crowplantreferenceterm-58471adlib-term-58471ce00216e-da4e-37b3-974c-c2b6377d6c19treeplace typereferenceterm-58346adlib-term-5834636a43f82-c62a-350b-b02c-bc5f4e6544afsealiteralshipshipliteraldragondragonliteralfishfishliteralCrowCrowliteraltreetreeliteralseaseareferenceterm-43733adlib-term-437330227e536-9ae4-3d64-8ad8-fdfff2a83f58mirrormirrorobject
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