Lobed Mirror with Paired Phoenixes and Floral Displays

Description

Lobed Mirror with Two Phoenixes and Floral Displays, 8th century ad China, Tang dynasty (ad 618-907) CMA 1995.348 [Cat. no. 66.a]

Provenance

Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?–1995); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1995–)

Lobed Mirror with Paired Phoenixes and Floral Displays

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700s

Accession Number

1995.348

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

Diameter: 14.8 cm (5 13/16 in.); Overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); Rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)

Classification

Metalwork

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee