Mirror with Paired Felines
late 500s-600s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Mirror with Paired Felines, late 500s-600s. China, Sui dynasty (581-618) - Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze; diameter: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1926.249
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: The maiden's chamber---bright and clear Her precious mirror---round It has doubled both her eyes As she danced with the lonely phoenix. Its light flows over her powdered face, painted brow Diffusing radiance upon her silken gauze While with infinite delicacy She demurely glances at herself.
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1926.249
- Credit Line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Exhibitions
- Mirrors: Art and Symbol
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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