Bishamonten Ritual Mirror
1000s–1100s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Bishamonten Ritual Mirror, 1000s–1100s. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Silvered bronze with incised design; diameter: 15.3 cm (6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1977.32 Bishamonten sits on a demon who struggles beneath his weight.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- silvered bronze with incised design
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 15.3 cm (6 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1977.32
- Credit Line
- The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1977, Mirrors: Art and Symbol
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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