Octafoil Mirror with Lunar Palace
early 1100s–mid-1200s
Diameter: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.); Overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); Rim: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.375
Bronze mirrors typically have one polished and one decorated side and were used in tombs for ritual purpose or served as disks for reflection. This mirror depicts the imagined scene of the moon in Chinese mythology. Legend says that the goddess Chang E consumed the elixir of i...
Artifact
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Terms
Culture
China, Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
Technique
bronze
Medium
bronze
Genre
Metalwork
Department
Chinese Art
Relations
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