Mirror Item Number: Edz4002 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round, one side smooth and burnished, other side has 4 Chinese characters, 8 trigrams in centre within a circle. 4 characters on central raised flat knob which has a hole underneath it.
History Of Use
To be attached to a handle, and used as a mirror
Item History
- Made in China during 1911
- Collected between 1893 and 1911
- Owned by Colin Campbell Brown
- Owned by Hugh Campbell Brown before February 1, 1961
- Received from Hugh Campbell Brown (Donor) on February 1, 1961
What
- Name
- Mirror
- Identification Number
- Edz4002
- Type of Item
- mirror
- Material
- bronze metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast and burnished
- Overall
- height 0.96 cm, diameter 14.86 cm, weight 163.8 g
Who
- Culture
- Chinese
- Previous Owner
- Colin Campbell Brown and Hugh Campbell Brown
- Received from
- Hugh Campbell Brown (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- China
When
- Creation Date
- during 1911
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before February 1, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on February 1, 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0042/0017