Mirror with a Coiling Dragon
A round bronze mirror with a raised dragon coiling around a central knob, its body scaled and its horned head turned toward the viewer's right. Cloud scrolls fill the field around it, and the dark, slightly worn surface shows the patina of age.
Look closer: Small cloud scroll tucked at the lower edge near the dragon's tail, partly in shadow.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 700s
- Medium
- bronze
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 3400 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