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Mirror with Three Pairs of Pixie around a Loti-form Knob

mid-600s

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

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  • Title: Mirror with Three Pairs of Pixie around a Loti-form Knob
  • Date Created: mid-600s
  • Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.); Overall: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); Rim: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
  • Provenance: Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, ?-1995, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1995-present
  • Type: Metalwork
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.335
  • Medium: bronze
  • Original Title: 蓮座瑞獸鏡
  • Inscriptions: 錬形神冶,瑩質良工。如珠出匣,似月停空。當眉寫翠,對臉傳紅。綺窗繡幌,俱含影中。
  • Department: Chinese Art
  • Culture: China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
  • Collection: China - Tang Dynasty
  • Accession Number: 1995.335

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