IDENTIFIERS
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id:	16566
accession number:	O.19-1984

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 3 March 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Mirror with zodiac figures. Bronze. This circular mirror has a central knob in the shape of a toad or frog, with an opening between the feet for attaching a cord. The surrounding surface is divided into five concentric zones decorated in shallow relief, showing in the centre the guardian animals of the cardinal points (the green dragon for the East and the Left, the dark serpent and tortoise for North and the Back, the red bird for the South and the Front and the white tiger for the West and the Right); the surrounding zone has the eight trigrams and the characters for seven or eight of the ten `celestial stems'; the following shows the twelve `earthly branches' represented by the anthropomorphic animals of the Chinese Zodiac; the next zone contains thirty-six representatives of the animal kingdom; and the final one characters representing the twenty-four solar terms, i.e. the changing climate throughout the year. The mirror is heavily patinated in places.
title:	mirror

NOTES
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type: history note
value: unknown before donor


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Gompertz Collection
creditline: Gompertz Gift

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/16566


SUBJECTS
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bird
dragon
Tiger
serpent
toad
frog
bird
dragon
Tiger
serpent
toad
frog



TECHNIQUES
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patinating

CATEGORIES
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category: metalwork

DATING
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creation date:	1100 - 1300
creation date earliest:	1100
creation date latest:	1300
culture:	Koryo Dynasty
culture:	12th Century
culture:	13th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 18.0

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 0.5



CITATIONS
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Korean Art from the Gompertz and Other Collections in the Fitzwilliam Museum, A Complete Catalogue
Chosen Koseki Zufu
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IMAGES

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