Mirror with Serpentine Interlaces

Description

The mirror was cast in a ceramic mold. The concave concentric circles were polished while the remainder of the cast design received no finishing.

Provenance

Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI; (Daibutsu, San Francisco, 1991)

Mirror with Serpentine Interlaces

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early 500s–late 300s BCE

Accession Number

1995.268

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

Diameter: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.); Overall: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.); Rim: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)

Classification

Metalwork

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee