Octafoil-shaped Mirror Featuring Ci Fei, the Dragon Slayer
A lobed bronze mirror whose raised relief shows a sailing ship riding wave patterns, with a figure near the stern. Clouds and a serpentine creature fill the left side, and an inscription in seal-like characters runs across the top.
Look closer: Small figures standing in the boat near its left end, easily overlooked among the wave lines.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 900s–1300s
- Medium
- bronze
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 2990 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1399).
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