The back of this large bronze mirror is decorated with mother-of-pearl inlay (a decorative technique in which shell fragments are used to create patterns).
The mirror is decorated with a floral design in Yakougai shelli and amber, and the other parts are decorated with finely crushed turquoise.
There are nine such mirrors with mother-of-pearl inlay in Shosoin, and this mirror is one of the largest and best-designed among them. This mirror is presumed to have been made in Tang ( Ancient Chinese Kingdom ).
It is one of the finest mirrors in history, made of rare materials from various regions of ancient China and finished with the utmost sophistication.
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