Mirror, Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century. Bronze mirror with birds and cranes and plant motifs; diameter 19.3 cm, weight 0.915 kg., A round, dark-colored circular object with a raised rim and a textured, carved central panel showing an intricate relief of organic shapes resembling plants and bird-like figures; the surface appears dark brown to black with subtle lighter highlights where wear or texture catches the light, and the background is a plain, light gray.
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Mirror, Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century. Bronze mirror with birds and cranes and plant motifs; diameter 19.3 cm, weight 0.915 kg., A round, dark-colored circular object with a raised rim and a textured, carved central panel showing an intricate relief of organic shapes resembling plants and bird-like figures; the surface appears dark brown to black with subtle lighter highlights where wear or texture catches the light, and the background is a plain, light gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A28_311

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Mirror Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century Bronze mirror birds cranes plant motifs diameter 19.3 cm weight 0.915 kg round dark-colored circular object raised rim textured carved central panel showing intricate relief organic shapes resembling plants bird- figures surface dark brown black subtle lighter highlights wear texture catches light background plain light gray.

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