Highlights
Bronze Mirror with Designs of a Waterside Scene
- Nationality/Period
Goryeo Dynasty
- Provenance
Gaeseong area
- Materials
Metal - Copper Alloy
- Category
Housing - Daily Utensils - toilet article - mirror
- Dimensions
D. 17.7cm
- Accession Number
Deoksu 2584
This bronze mirror is decorated with various designs on its round-shaped back. In the middle of the reverse side is a knob encircled with lotus-petal ornamentation. Stones and banana leaves are carved in relief on the left, while two wild geese and two cranes are carved at the center below the knob. Rocks are arranged in in the back- and foreground to fill in the space.