Octafoil Mirror with Crouched Animals (early 600s-early 900s): Art, History and Details
Octafoil Mirror with Crouched Animals at the Cleveland Museum of Art: early 600s-early 900s, bronze. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Octafoil Mirror with Crouched Animals (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 mirror was cast using lost-wax technology. Extensive chisel work was done to finish the back. Harsh chemicals were used to remove the corrosion from the mirror, leaving re-deposited copper scattered on the surface.
Object facts
- Title: Octafoil Mirror with Crouched Animals
- Date: early 600s-early 900s
- Culture: China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
- Type: Metalwork
- Technique: bronze
- Dimensions: Diameter: 19.3 cm (7 5/8 in.); Overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); Rim: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
- Collection: China - Tang Dynasty
- Department: Chinese Art
- Accession number: 1995.342
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.
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