Inlay for a Mirror or Box: Lady and Flute
A thin beaten silver plate with chased lines shows a woman with an elaborate topknot seated on a winged, scaled creature with a long, curling tail. She holds a flute to her lips, and her wings and tail sweep outward in stylized, feathered curves across the composition.
Look closer: Fine cloud-like scrolls curl beneath the creature's body at the lower left.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 900–1000
- Medium
- beaten silver with chased details
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 2211 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1005).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Eugene Victor Thaw