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Busch-Reisinger Museum
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection Louise Haskell Daly Fund
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Small Circular Mirror with Loop Handle and Geometric Decor in Relief
Small Circular Mirror with Loop Handle and Geometric Decor in Relief
This small circular bronze mirror is slightly irregular in shape and decorated very simply, with radiating lines raised in relief around the central loop handle. Although now cover...
Circular Mirror with Articulated Lip and Decoration of Flying Birds and Blossoming Plants
Circular Mirror with Articulated Lip and Decoration of Flying Birds and Blossoming Plants
A well-articulated, relief lip encircles the periphery of this circular mirror; on the mirror's decorated back, a single bowstring line rises in relief about one centimeter in from...
Circular Mirror with Well-Articulated Rim and Decoration of Two Pairs of Bowstring Lines
Circular Mirror with Well-Articulated Rim and Decoration of Two Pairs of Bowstring Lines
A well-articulated, concave lip borders the periphery of this circular mirror; the mirror's slightly countersunk back is flat and unembellished, save for two concentric pairs of in...
Circular Mirror with High Rim and Decoration of Two Cranes in Flight and Stylized Pine-Needle Clusters, the Central Boss in the Form of a Tortoise
Circular Mirror with High Rim and Decoration of Two Cranes in Flight and Stylized Pine-Needle Clusters, the Central Boss in the Form of a Tortoise
A well-articulated, relief lip encircles the periphery of this circular mirror, whose decorated back features three concentric rings of stylized pine-needle clusters. The outside r...
Hair ornament
Hair ornament
Gold hairpiece. This piece is a typical south-Indian (Tamil Nadu) temple ornament. The piece was worn and sold back to the jeweller. It is customary in India to sell gold jewelry i...
Square Mirror with Well-Defined Rim and Scrolling Floral Decor
Square Mirror with Well-Defined Rim and Scrolling Floral Decor
A well-articulated, relief lip borders this square mirror's decorated back, which is further embellished with a scrolling-floral pattern that sports one blossom at each corner. Eig...
Mirror Case with Birds and Flowers
Mirror Case with Birds and Flowers
Among the most characteristic and compelling art forms of the Qajar period (1779–1924) in Iran are works in “lacquer.” Technically distinct from East Asian lacquers, these are esse...
Pentafoliate Mirror with Well-Defined Rim and Decoration of Geese Flying Amidst Floral Scrolls
Pentafoliate Mirror with Well-Defined Rim and Decoration of Geese Flying Amidst Floral Scrolls
A well-articulated, relief lip encloses this mirror, which is generally circular in form, though its lip and border are segmented into five well-defined lobes. The mirror's decorat...