Chinese bronze mirror with two beaded dragons

An image of Mirror. Unknown maker, China. Circular bronze mirror of slight convex curvature with two beaded dragons, three-clawed, scaly, chasing flaming pearls, the plain central knob surrounded by a zone of rays or lotus petals, the decorated side showing brown metal and some dare patination. Bronze, the mirror side bright green, 618-907. T’ang Dynasty (618-906).

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Mirror. Unknown maker, China. Circular bronze mirror of slight convex curvature with two beaded dragons, three-clawed, scaly, chasing flaming pearls, the plain central knob surrounded by a zone of rays or lotus petals, the decorated side showing brown metal and some dare patination. Bronze, the mirror side bright green, 618-907. T’ang Dynasty (618-906).

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Accession Number: O.18-2010
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1016 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 167.62kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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AD bronze Chinese circular dragons Fitz_AA lotus lotus flower lotus petal mirror patina patinated patination round scales scaly T'ang Dynasty Tang Dynasty

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