Mirror with a Pair of Phoenixes
1100s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Mirror with a Pair of Phoenixes, 1100s. China, Song dynasty (960-1279). Bronze; diameter: 35.1 cm (13 13/16 in.); overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); rim: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.389 A union of male and female birds, the phoenix often symbolizes the yin and yang of Chinese philosophy, which equates to universal balance and harmony.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 35.1 cm (13 13/16 in.); Overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Zhang Zigao from Jinling
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1995.389
- Credit Line
- Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
- Exhibitions
- Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors, The Splendor of Chinese Silk – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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