Mirror
Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium
Cast bronze
Geography
China
Date
618-907
Period
Tang Dynasty
Dimensions
1.5 x 7 cm
Object number
931.13.304
Credit Line
Bishop William C. White Collection
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: China
Description
Eight-lobed mirror with silvery finish, raised rim and edge outward slanting. Pierced central knob, decoration in low rounded relief of two Daoist immortals, one mounted on a qilin and the other on a lion separated by 2 stylized "sacred " mountains and enclosed by a raised ridge. Round the edge eight motifs one in each lobe, 2 clouds, 2 floral sprays and four insects.
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