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Mirror with Design of Birds and Tree Branches

Mirror with Design of Birds and Tree Branches

Artist/Maker Japanese

Date18th–19th century

MediumBronze with cotton cord

DimensionsOverall: 1/4 × 4 in. (0.6 × 10.2 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Charles F. and Abigail L. Olney

Object number1904.963

Status

Not on view

ProvenanceCharles F. Olney [1831-1903], Cleveland, OH; by inheritance 1903 to Abigail L. Olney [d. 1904], Cleveland, OH; by bequest 1904 to Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH; by transfer 1917 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH

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