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Mirror stands are small pieces of furniture on the dressing table for supporting a mirror. This folding example may be set up to support a mirror or folded flat when not in use. Popularly in use at least by the Song dynasty, most examples are foldable. The folding mirror stand made in silver, currently in the collection of Suzhou Museum (Fig. 1), was discovered from a Yuan period tomb, and is a glamorous predecessor of the Ming folding mirror stands.

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