Allure of the Mirror - Mass Consumption of Fine Things in the Han Empire

In Han China, few luxury objects were as widely coveted as bronze mirrors. Yanlong Guo explores how and why these objects became so beloved throughout early imperial China, uncovering the varied ways these seemingly trivial objects took on social and cultural significance.

Product details

• Authors: Yanlong Guo
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 14.10.2025
• EAN: 9780231217781
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21778-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Tang Center Series in Early China
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; China, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Asia / China, ART / Asian / Chinese, History of Art, Ancient World, Ancient History, Asian History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Oriental art