Lobed Mirror with Acrobats on Lotus Blossoms (early 600s-early 900s): Art, History and Details

Lobed Mirror with Acrobats on Lotus Blossoms (early 600s-early 900s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

The reflecting surfaces of the mirrors were smooth and highly polished. Although much of the reflecting surface is corroded here, a small area of the original polished surface can be observed.

Object facts

• Title: Lobed Mirror with Acrobats on Lotus Blossoms
• Date: early 600s-early 900s
• Culture: China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
• Type: Metalwork
• Technique: bronze
• Dimensions: Diameter: 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.); Overall: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.); Rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
• Collection: China - Tang Dynasty
• Department: Chinese Art
• Accession number: 1995.343

Collection credit

Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.