Mirror with birds and lions
The silver décor on the back of this mirror originally would have been inlaid into a lustrous lacquer ground, which has since deteriorated.
Artwork Details
- 唐 嵌銀鵉鳥狮紋銅鏡
- Title: Mirror with birds and lions
- Period: Tang dynasty (618–907)
- Date: 8th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Bronze with silver inllay
- Dimensions: Diam. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
- Classification: Mirrors
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
- Object Number: 22.157.12
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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dated 524 (5th year of Zhengguang reign)
late 7th–early 8th century
8th century
7th century
9th century
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