Lobed Mirror with Heaven and Earth between the Paired Phoenixes
A lobed bronze mirror with a dark, mottled patina. Two phoenixes with long curving tails face each other on either side of a central knob, and a square panel of wave lines sits below. A band of inscriptions circles the rim, and a small trigram medallion sits above the knob.
Look closer: A small trigram medallion above the central knob carries a character meaning mirror.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- mid to late 700s
- Medium
- bronze
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 3320 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 799).
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 Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee