Object

Water chestnut-shaped octagonal mirror with lucky flowers and paired birds

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Date
制作年 AD15
Title
ズイカソウチョウハチリョウキョウ
Materials, techniques and shape
Bronze
Collections
Depository
Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
Ref. number
AW-CEN-002231-0000
License
CC BY Images license
Creditline

慶應義塾(センチュリー赤尾コレクション)

URL
Classification
Art
AI Tagging
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Lucky flowers with arabesque pattern and a pair of frolicking birds was a frequently used motif in Heian mirrors. Those from the Muromachi Period, however, are a little different and are more original as they carry images of contraposed birds in the space above the mirror’s central knob.

Rights

Ref. number
AW-CEN-002231-0000
License
CC BY
Creditline

慶應義塾(センチュリー赤尾コレクション)

Images
license

Depository and ID

Depository
Keio Museum Commons
Campus Mita
URL
Classification
Art

Components

OPEN DATADESIGN

Details

Identifiers

Title (EN)
Water chestnut-shaped octagonal mirror with lucky flowers and paired birds

Physical description

Weights and quantities
Quantity 1面

Identifiers

Title (EN)
Water chestnut-shaped octagonal mirror with lucky flowers and paired birds

Physical description

Weights and quantities
Quantity 1面