Mirror with Animals and Birds

Title	Mirror with Animals and Birds
Date	early 700s
Medium	bronze inset with gilded-silver relief decoration
Classification	Metalwork
Origin	China, Tang dynasty (618-907)

Themes: Zoological illustration Ornithological plates

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“Mirror with Animals and Birds” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated early 700s. It is executed in bronze inset with gilded-silver relief decoration and classified as metalwork. In this archive it sits within the zoological illustration, ornithological plates tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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Rights: Public domain (CC0).

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Zoological illustration ThemeThe history of zoological illustration, illustrated
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