Mirror with Auspicious Animals, Celestial Horses, and Grapevines

Description

The mirror is covered with thick layers of corrosion that have been partially scraped off the reflecting surface. A small triangular area of undisturbed corrosion remains.

Provenance

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

Mirror with Auspicious Animals, Celestial Horses, and Grapevines

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early 1100s-mid-1200s

Accession Number

1995.357

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

Diameter: 25.9 cm (10 3/16 in.); Overall: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.); Rim: 0.9 cm (3/8 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