Harvard Art Museums > 2010.439: Lobed Circular Mirror with Decoration of Two Phoenixes and Two Lotus Plants Mirrors Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Lobed Circular Mirror with Decoration of Two Phoenixes and Two Lotus Plants , 2010.439,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/315417. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2010.439 Title Lobed Circular Mirror with Decoration of Two Phoenixes and Two Lotus Plants Classification Mirrors Work Type mirror Date 8th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/315417 Physical Descriptions Medium Cast bronze Dimensions Diam. 21.5 cm (8 3/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Edmund Lin (1928-2006; Professor, Harvard Medical School), Boston; by bequest to the Harvard Art Museum Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Edmund Chi Chien Lin Accession Year 2010 Object Number 2010.439 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This eight-lobed, circular mirror has a narrow raised outer rim that is completely unembellished. This gives way to a wide inner decorative border that's slightly sunken and embellished with relief-decoration of discrete lotus buds, leaves, and blossoms within the center of each lobe. The main circular field of decoration is relatively wide. On either side of the hemispherical knob is a symmetrically disposed pair of phoenixes, each one with bows and tassels in its mouth, and clutching a lotus blossom in its claws. Between the two phoenixes, there is a cut lotus blossom stalk above (at the twelve-o'clock position) and a cut stalk of lotus with a large leaf on top and two lotus buds on either side below (at the six-o'clock position). There are localized areas of green and red patina on the reflecting side of the mirror, including pseudomorphs of fabric in the green patina. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
