Mirror with a Pair of Twisted Fish (likely carp)

Unidentified Ming Dynasty maker, Chinese, 1368 - 1644

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Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644

Bronze

Overall: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. George Pettengill Jr., in memory of her sons, George Tilford Pettengill, III (1909-1944), Class of 1932 and William Van Horne Pettengill (1914-1952), Class of 1937

M.965.72.2

Geography

Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia

Period

1400-1600

Object Name

Personal Gear: Mirror

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Provenance

Leila Price Pettengill (1887-1977), Washington, D.C.; given to present collection, 1965.

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