Bronze Mirror with Fine Linear Design

Jeongmungyeong are bronze mirrors of the Early Iron Age, also called fine-line mirrors. In Korea, the back of these mirrors has two loops for hanging, set off to one side. Unlike the coarsely patterned mirrors of the Bronze Age, they are marked by geometric patterns finely incised on a basis of small triangles. This mirror is 21.2 cm across, with two loops, and is divided into inner, middle and outer zones. Each zone is finely decorated with crossing triangles. In the outer zone eight concentric-circle motifs are placed in balanced pairs, and a high tin content makes it reflect light well. Of the fine-line mirrors that survive it is the largest and has the most precise pattern, and it may be called the representative object of Korea's Early Iron Age.

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Where it is

Region

Dongjak-gu, Seoul

Designation

National Treasure · 국보