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Mirror with dragon

8th–9th century
Not on view
A dragon’s twisting form animates the back of this mirror. The animal splays its limbs around the perimeter and clenches the central boss in its jaws, reflecting a stylistic change in the eighth century, when pictorial designs gradually replaced symmetrical schematic patterns.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 唐　龍紋銅鏡
  • Title: Mirror with dragon
  • Period: Tang dynasty (618–907)
  • Date: 8th–9th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: Diam. 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm)
  • Classification: Mirrors
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1988
  • Object Number: 1988.149
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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