Lobed Mirror with Heaven and Earth between the Paired Phoenixes
mid to late 700s
Diameter: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); Overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); Rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.351
This mirror bears an important inscription as well as symbolic imagery of the Eight Trigrams and Heaven and Earth to express the ancient Chinese cosmological ideas. The inscription reads: Circle above and square below: These are symbolic of heaven and earth. In the middle are...
Artifact
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Terms
Culture
China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
Technique
bronze
Medium
bronze
Genre
Metalwork
Department
Chinese Art
Relations
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