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The Component-Model Method of Mirror Manufacture in 300 bce China

Kin Sum (Sammy) Li
Archives of Asian Art (2017) 67 (2): 257–276.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00666637-4229728
Published: 01 October 2017
...Kin Sum (Sammy) Li Abstract In approximately 300 bce , a new method was developed in the design and manufacturing technologies of the bronze mirror production industry in China that changed the ways in which producers cast mirrors. This article utilizes four mirrors as examples to illustrate...
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Painting Bronze in Early China: Uncovering Polychromy in China's Classical Sculptural Tradition

Allison R. Miller
Archives of Asian Art (2022) 72 (1): 1–53.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00666637-9577685
Published: 01 April 2022
... monochrome works. In recent years, however, many varieties of bronzes have been unearthed with polychrome ornamentation including sacrificial vessels, figural sculptures, mirrors, lamps, weapons, and personal ornaments. This article summarizes and interprets the current evidence for painting on early Chinese...
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Index: Archives of Asian Art 1–52 (1945–2001)

Archives of Asian Art (2001) 52 (1): 121–127.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1484/aaa.2001.0008
Published: 01 April 2001
... on Medieval Calligraphy, vol. 18 (1964), pp. 13-25; The "Snowscap e" Attributed to Chinese Bronze Mirrors, vol. 39 (1986), pp. 62-70. Chu-jan, vol. 24 (197o-1971), pp. 6-22; Figures in Landscape, vol. 42 Cammann, Schuyler. Ming Festival Symbols, vol. 7 (1953), pp. 66-70; (1989), pp. 62...
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Figure 3. Mirror, ca. 300 bce, recovered from Hunan Changsha Datong Xiaoxue M2 (hereafter referred to as the “Datong Xiaoxue mirror”). Bronze, diam. 11.4 cm. Currently housed in the Changsha Museum, zongzhanghao 4817, fenleihao 1B313. Photograph: author.

Mirror, ca. 300 bce , recovered from Hunan Changsha Datong Xiaoxue M2 (her...

in The Component-Model Method of Mirror Manufacture in 300 bce China > Archives of Asian Art
Published: 01 October 2017
Figure 3. Mirror, ca. 300 bce , recovered from Hunan Changsha Datong Xiaoxue M2 (hereafter referred to as the “Datong Xiaoxue mirror”). Bronze, diam. 11.4 cm. Currently housed in the Changsha Museum, zongzhanghao 4817, fenleihao 1B313. Photograph: author. More
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Figure 5. Mirror, ca. 300 bce, recovered from Hunan Changsha Deyacun Guofang Keji Daxue M4 (hereafter referred to as the “Guokeda M4 mirror”). Bronze, diam. 15.2 cm. Currently housed in the Changsha Museum, zongzhanghao 1429; fenleihao 1B102. Photograph: author.

Mirror, ca. 300 bce , recovered from Hunan Changsha Deyacun Guofang Keji D...

in The Component-Model Method of Mirror Manufacture in 300 bce China > Archives of Asian Art
Published: 01 October 2017
Figure 5. Mirror, ca. 300 bce , recovered from Hunan Changsha Deyacun Guofang Keji Daxue M4 (hereafter referred to as the “Guokeda M4 mirror”). Bronze, diam. 15.2 cm. Currently housed in the Changsha Museum, zongzhanghao 1429; fenleihao 1B102. Photograph: author. More
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Figure 4. Mirror, ca. 300 bce, recovered from Hunan Changsha Deyacun Guofang Keji Daxue M5 (hereafter referred to as the “Guokeda M5 mirror”). Bronze, diam. 11.4 cm. Currently housed in the Changsha Museum, zongzhanghao 1411, fenleihao 1B0092. Photograph: author.

Mirror, ca. 300 bce , recovered from Hunan Changsha Deyacun Guofang Keji D...

in The Component-Model Method of Mirror Manufacture in 300 bce China > Archives of Asian Art
Published: 01 October 2017
Figure 4. Mirror, ca. 300 bce , recovered from Hunan Changsha Deyacun Guofang Keji Daxue M5 (hereafter referred to as the “Guokeda M5 mirror”). Bronze, diam. 11.4 cm. Currently housed in the Changsha Museum, z ongzhanghao 1411, fenleihao 1B0092. Photograph: author. More
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Figure 21. Mirror (with details), ca. 300 bce, recovered from Changsha Jianshe Yinhang M1. Bronze, diam. 11.1 cm. Currently housed in the Changsha Museum, zongzhanghao 17142, fenleihao unknown. Photograph: author.

Mirror (with details), ca. 300 bce , recovered from Changsha Jianshe Yinha...

in The Component-Model Method of Mirror Manufacture in 300 bce China > Archives of Asian Art
Published: 01 October 2017
Figure 21. Mirror (with details), ca. 300 bce , recovered from Changsha Jianshe Yinhang M1. Bronze, diam. 11.1 cm. Currently housed in the Changsha Museum, zongzhanghao 17142, fenleihao unknown. Photograph: author. More
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Figure 23. Mirror (with details), ca. 300 bce, recovered from Changsha Sheng Dianliju M3. Bronze, diam. 13.4 cm. Currently housed in the Changsha Museum, zongzhanghao 1335, fenleihao 1B174. Photograph: author.

Mirror (with details), ca. 300 bce , recovered from Changsha Sheng Dianlij...

in The Component-Model Method of Mirror Manufacture in 300 bce China > Archives of Asian Art
Published: 01 October 2017
Figure 23. Mirror (with details), ca. 300 bce , recovered from Changsha Sheng Dianliju M3. Bronze, diam. 13.4 cm. Currently housed in the Changsha Museum, zongzhanghao 1335, fenleihao 1B174. Photograph: author. More
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Figure 25. Mirror, Warring States period, 480–221 bce. Excavated 1986–1987 from Baoshan tomb 1, Jingmen, Hubei province. Bronze with red, yellow, and gold lacquer, diam. 19.7 cm, th. .2 cm. Reproduced by permission of Cultural Relics Press.

Mirror, Warring States period, 480–221 bce . Excavated 1986–1987 from Baos...

in Painting Bronze in Early China: Uncovering Polychromy in China's Classical Sculptural Tradition > Archives of Asian Art
Published: 01 April 2022
Figure 25. Mirror, Warring States period, 480–221 bce . Excavated 1986–1987 from Baoshan tomb 1, Jingmen, Hubei province. Bronze with red, yellow, and gold lacquer, diam. 19.7 cm, th. .2 cm. Reproduced by permission of Cultural Relics Press. More
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Figure 7. Mirror, ca. 300 bce, recovered from Hunan Yiyang Liangshiju Gongdi M58 (hereafter referred to as the “Yiliangdi mirror”). Bronze, diam. 15.5 cm (author's measurement). Currently housed in the Yiyang Museum, zongzhanghao 004780, fenleihao KT556. (Left) From Yiyang Shi Wenwu Guanlichu and Yiyang Shi Bowuguan, Yiyang Chu mu, n.p., color pl. 27-3 (which gives diam. as 15.8 cm). (Right) Photograph: author.

Mirror, ca. 300 bce , recovered from Hunan Yiyang Liangshiju Gongdi M58 (h...

in The Component-Model Method of Mirror Manufacture in 300 bce China > Archives of Asian Art
Published: 01 October 2017
Figure 7. Mirror, ca. 300 bce , recovered from Hunan Yiyang Liangshiju Gongdi M58 (hereafter referred to as the “Yiliangdi mirror”). Bronze, diam. 15.5 cm (author's measurement). Currently housed in the Yiyang Museum, zongzhanghao 004780, fenleihao KT556. ( Left ) From Yiyang Shi Wenwu More
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Buddhism, Heaven, and the Yellow Springs: A Reevaluation of Hunping Jars

Zhao Yi
Archives of Asian Art (2023) 73 (2): 79–106.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00666637-10927884
Published: 01 October 2023
... the mid-fourth century mainly existed as decorations on bronze money trees, bronze mirrors, and hunping jars. Among them, hunping feature the largest number of Buddhist motifs. Those images are enigmatic in many aspects. Hunping were made as a type of funerary object to be buried in tombs...
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In Search of National Decoration: Archaeology and Ethnography in Wartime Chinese Design

Christine I. Ho
Archives of Asian Art (2019) 69 (2): 121–154.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00666637-7719395
Published: 01 October 2019
... by personal and professional conflicts within the literary world compelled Shen to channel his intellectual energies into material culture, producing two texts on textile decoration and bronze mirrors that would be published in the late 1950s by the Chinese Traditional Art Publishing House, a short-lived...
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Figure 26. Square two-layer lattice mirror, Warring States period, 480–221 bce. Excavated in 1993 from Guodian tomb 1, Jingmen, Hubei province. Bronze with red and black lacquer, l. of each side 11 cm, th. .3 cm. Reproduced by permission of Cultural Relics Press.

Square two-layer lattice mirror, Warring States period, 480–221 bce . Exca...

in Painting Bronze in Early China: Uncovering Polychromy in China's Classical Sculptural Tradition > Archives of Asian Art
Published: 01 April 2022
Figure 26. Square two-layer lattice mirror, Warring States period, 480–221 bce . Excavated in 1993 from Guodian tomb 1, Jingmen, Hubei province. Bronze with red and black lacquer, l. of each side 11 cm, th. .3 cm. Reproduced by permission of Cultural Relics Press. More
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Figure 44. Detail of a mirror with painted narrative scenes, Western Han dynasty, 202 bce–9 ce. Excavated in 1983 from the king of Nanyue's tomb, Guangzhou city, Guangzhou province. Bronze with polychrome paint, diam. 41 cm, thickness at the rim .5 cm. Reproduced by permission of Cultural Relics Press.

Detail of a mirror with painted narrative scenes, Western Han dynasty, 202 ...

in Painting Bronze in Early China: Uncovering Polychromy in China's Classical Sculptural Tradition > Archives of Asian Art
Published: 01 April 2022
Figure 44. Detail of a mirror with painted narrative scenes, Western Han dynasty, 202 bce –9 ce . Excavated in 1983 from the king of Nanyue's tomb, Guangzhou city, Guangzhou province. Bronze with polychrome paint, diam. 41 cm, thickness at the rim .5 cm. Reproduced by permission of Cultural More
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Figure 34. Mirror with figural and vegetal motifs. Western Han dynasty, 202 bce–9 ce. Recovered in 2009 from Wangjiadun township, Fugu county, Shaanxi province. Bronze with polychrome paints, diam. 15.8 cm, w. 224 g. Yulin University Northern Shaanxi History and Culture Museum. Illustration by Katia Barrios.

Mirror with figural and vegetal motifs. Western Han dynasty, 202 bce –9 c...

in Painting Bronze in Early China: Uncovering Polychromy in China's Classical Sculptural Tradition > Archives of Asian Art
Published: 01 April 2022
Figure 34. Mirror with figural and vegetal motifs. Western Han dynasty, 202 bce –9 ce . Recovered in 2009 from Wangjiadun township, Fugu county, Shaanxi province. Bronze with polychrome paints, diam. 15.8 cm, w. 224 g. Yulin University Northern Shaanxi History and Culture Museum. Illustration More
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Figure 33. Mirror with figural and floral motifs, Western Han dynasty, 202 bce–9 ce. Excavated in 1963 from Hongmiaocun, Xi'an, Shaanxi province. Bronze with polychrome paints, diam. 28 cm, th. .4 cm, wt. 1.47 kg. Xi'an Municipal Administrative Office for Cultural Relics. Reproduced by permission of Cultural Relics Press.

Mirror with figural and floral motifs, Western Han dynasty, 202 bce –9 ce...

in Painting Bronze in Early China: Uncovering Polychromy in China's Classical Sculptural Tradition > Archives of Asian Art
Published: 01 April 2022
Figure 33. Mirror with figural and floral motifs, Western Han dynasty, 202 bce –9 ce . Excavated in 1963 from Hongmiaocun, Xi'an, Shaanxi province. Bronze with polychrome paints, diam. 28 cm, th. .4 cm, wt. 1.47 kg. Xi'an Municipal Administrative Office for Cultural Relics. Reproduced More
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The Literary and Legendary Lives of the Onoe Bell: A Korean Celebrity in Japan

Sherry D. Fowler
Archives of Asian Art (2021) 71 (1): 37–61.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00666637-8866671
Published: 01 April 2021
... has been surprisingly less common than in other fields. Using the biographical approach to examine the Onoe bell reveals how attitudes and reception have changed over a span of many generations. In employing the biographical approach to a prehistoric bronze mirror, Joy stated: “The life...
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Figure 24. Mirror, Warring States period, 480–221 bce. Excavated in 1956 from Changtaiguan tomb 1, Xinyang, Henan province. Bronze with red, black, and silver lacquer, diam. 14 cm, th. .12 cm. Redrawn by Katia Barrios, after Fu Juyou, “Chunqiu Zhanguo Handai de tezhong gongyi jing (xia),” 16, fig. 25-1.

Mirror, Warring States period, 480–221 bce . Excavated in 1956 from Changt...

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Published: 01 April 2022
Figure 24. Mirror, Warring States period, 480–221 bce . Excavated in 1956 from Changtaiguan tomb 1, Xinyang, Henan province. Bronze with red, black, and silver lacquer, diam. 14 cm, th. .12 cm. Redrawn by Katia Barrios, after Fu Juyou, “Chunqiu Zhanguo Handai de tezhong gongyi jing (xia),” 16 More
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A Standing Kannon in the Tokyo National Museum

Donald F. McCallum
Archives of Asian Art (2003) 53 (1): 7–25.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1484/aaa.2003.0002
Published: 01 April 2003
...Donald F. McCallum Copyright © Asia Society 2003 A Standing Kannon in the Tokyo National Museum DONALD E MCCALLUM UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES INTRODUCTION One of the most beautiful pieces of Buddhist sculpture in East Asia is a small gilt-bronze...
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Looking to the West: Stone Molds and Foreign Visual Models in Satavahana Material Culture (First–Second Century ce)

Pia Brancaccio
Archives of Asian Art (2014) 64 (1): 33–41.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aaa.2014.0012
Published: 01 April 2014
... to Kholapur in Maharashtra (Fig. 1).6 Most relevant are Indo-Roman trade, another major cross-cultural corridor the finds of Mediterranean bronzes in the Brahmapuri open at the time connected the Deccan Plateau to the hoard of Kolhapur, as they epitomize the Indic appre- Kushan regions of the northwest...
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