mirror; storage box

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Object Type: mirror; storage box
Museum number: 1954,0417.43
Description: Circular mirror, with low relief design. Made of bronze. With inscribed paulownia storage box.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 4thC
Production place: Made in: Japan
Materials
Dimensions: Diameter: 16.80 centimetres; Weight: 525 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Prof Shoji Morishita (Otemae Univ.) has confirmed that this bronze mirror was made in Japan in the early Kofun Period, 4th century. (March 2018)
Location: On display (G93/dc5/sD)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2006 Oct 13-, BM Japanese Galleries, 'Japan from prehistory to the present'
Acquisition name
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Agnes F Barden; Previous owner/ex-collection: Siegfried Barden; Previous owner/ex-collection: Kimura Kenkado 木村蒹葭堂
Acquisition date: 1954
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1954,0417.43
Conservation

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