HIGHLIGHT DORIS TODD BROWN ‘49 GIFT DORIS TODD BROWN ’49 IS THE DAUGHTER OF Oliver Julian Todd, an engineer who supervised water conservancy and hydraulic engineering projects in China in the early 20th century. Traveling extensively through the Chinese northern region along the Yellow River, Todd developed a passion for Chinese bronzes and amassed a large collection of bronze mirrors, vessels and other metalwork items. He was the co-author of Chinese Bronze Mirrors: a Study Based on the Todd Collection of 1,000 Bronze Mirrors Found in the Five Northern Provinces of Suiyuan, Shensi, Shansi, Honan and Hopei, China, published in Beijing in 1935, which catalogued his collection with illustrations. As early as the mid-1960s, Doris Todd Brown had facilitated her parents’ gift of over 40 metalwork items, ranging from mirrors to bells, from ritualistic vessels to daggers and spearheads. Having inherited part of her father’s collection, Brown was keen on finding a fit repository where the archaeological objects as well as the history of collecting them could be well preserved. In early 2017, she made a generous donation of bronze objects, including 52 mirrors, a Ge (halberd) blade, a pair of swords and two axe heads. Some dating as far back as over 2,000 years ago, the bronze mirrors demonstrate a diversity of styles and techniques from different imperial dynasties. This significant gift not only strengthens SCMA’s historical Asian art holdings, but also enriches the museum’s resources for teaching, particularly in support of course offerings by the newly appointed assistant professor of Asian art history, Yanlong Guo, who specializes in Chinese bronze mirrors. ABOVE LEFT: Unknown. Chinese, Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE). Mirror with Design of Birds. Bronze. Gift of Doris Todd Brown, class of 1949 ABOVE RIGHT: Unknown. Chinese, Song dynasty (960–1279). Mirror with Design of Figures in a Landscape. Bronze. Gift of Doris Todd Brown, class of 1949 52