Lobed Mirror with a Tortoise Knob, a Musician, and a Phoenix
late 700s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Lobed Mirror with a Tortoise Knob, a Musician, and a Phoenix, late 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze; diameter: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.); overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.369 The imagery of this mirror includes a tiny turtle knob accompanied by a musician and phoenix.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.); Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 鳳凰雙鏡南金裝。陰陽各為配，日月恒相會。白玉芙蓉匣，翠羽瓊瑤帶。同心人，心相親，照心照膽保千春。 Translation: A mirror with paired phoenixes is cast from metals from the South. The yin and yang are made to match; The sun and moon meet with constancy. A white jade box with peony decor Is mated with a lustrous tassel of kingfisher feathers. Those of the same heart beat are drawn close. Whatever the mirror will reveal: be they hearts or gall; It will surely protect you for a thousand springs.
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1995.369
- Credit Line
- Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
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