Mirror
Unknown artist
Date: early 6th century
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: Diam. 5 in. (12.7 cm); D. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
Classification: Mirrors
Culture: Japan
Period: Kofun period (ca. 300–710)
The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Date range
500 – 533
Largest dimension
12.7 cm
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