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Octofoil Mirror with Auspicious Flowers and Paired Phoenixes 

Exhibition information
There are currently no plans to exhibit this artwork at the TNM Collection Exhibitions.

This type of eight-sided bronze mirror first appeared in the latter half of the 7th century in China. In Japan, numerous mirrors of this type were created from the 9th to the 12th century. Initially, a design featuring auspicious birds and flowers positioned in this manner was preferred in Japan.

Cultural property designation
Important Cultural Property
Quantity
Artist
Period/Century
Heian period, 11th–12th century
Country/Origin
Excavation site
Material
Cast bronze
Size
Inscriptions
Donor
Collection reference no.
E-19934
Genre
Metalwork
Category
Applied arts > Mirrors
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