Mirror with Three Pairs of Bixie around a Loti-form Knob
A round bronze mirror with a dark, patinated surface shows three pairs of bixie, winged mythical beasts, in high relief around a domed central knob. Inscribed characters run around the outer rim, and the edge is finely ridged.
Look closer: Inscribed characters circle the outer rim, visible as a band of raised script.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- mid-600s
- Medium
- bronze
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 1536 × 1559 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 675).
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