Mirror with Twin Dragons and Lotus Blossoms
A round bronze mirror with a green patina, its back decorated in relief with two dragons coiling around flowers and clouds. A raised square at the center holds a knob and short inscribed characters beside it.
Look closer: Small inscribed characters fill the central square around the knob.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1338
- Medium
- bronze
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 3076 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1338).
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