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- Eight-lobed Mirror with Flowers and Phoenixes
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Eight-lobed Mirror with Flowers and Phoenixes
- Museum No.
- EK258-1
Photo No：506-12403
Color type：Color
| Title | Eight-lobed Mirror with Flowers and Phoenixes |
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| Category | Metalwork (E), Bronze Mirrors |
| Country | China |
| Period | Tang |
| Century | 8th |
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| Dimensions | Diameter 22.8cm Rim height 0.5cm |
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Auspicious flowers float at top and bottom of this eight-lobed mirror, and phoenixes face each other to the right and left, holding ribbons in their beaks. Both are Chinese motifs of imaginary birds and flowers, symbolizing good fortune. These motifs were particularly popular in the applied arts of the Sui (581-618) and Tang (618-907) dynasties. The transition from a design of sacred beasts that filled the entire space of the mirror back, to one like that of this mirror, in which the design composition contains a lot of empty space, also can be seen in the mirrors of the Tang dynasty.
China-Tang