Mirror with two dragons
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Each of the spirited dragons depicted on the back of this bronze mirror has a slender, sinuous body and a long, ribbed horn. The pair writhe amid waves that swirl around a central boss; four hemispherical knobs may allude to the immortal isles of ancient Chinese cosmology.
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