Bronze mirror
From Japan
Kamakura
period, 13th -14th century AD
Decorated with stylized birds among floral
scrolls
This mirror is decorated with a pair of
stylized birds among floral scrolls. The birds' wings are
partly spread as if they are about to take off. The symmetry of the
design, in the placing of the birds and of the scrolling, is a
feature of mirrors of the period, and a characteristic of Kamakura
period applied art in general.
L. Smith, V. Harris and T. Clark, Japanese art: masterpieces in (London, The British Museum Press, 1990)