| Object Number | 74-26-5 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Period | Tang Dynasty |
| Date Made | Tang Dynasty |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Fish? | Reptile? | Grapes | Animal | Lion |
| Description | Round bronze mirror. Reverse side is concave with ornamentation in relief along concentric circles. Outer border decorated by 16 stylized fish/reptiles (?). Middle band shows twelve birds on grape-vines with bunches of grapes. Inner band shows four lions lying among grape-vines (with grape bunches) on the four directions. At the center is an animal (the 5th lion), its body forming a raised loop for suspending cord. |
| Credit Line | Gift of James I. Hykes, 1974 |
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