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Shallow Basin Supported by a Bird (Bian)
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The bird, in its graceful and dignified pose, firmly grasps a pair of intertwined serpents cast in the lower basin.
TLV Mirror with Multiple Nipples
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The inscription in this mirror reads: A fine mirror it is, my making of it! I can show the ageless immortals up above.
Mirror with a Pair of Phoenixes
The Cleveland Museum of Art
This exceptionally large bronze mirror features magnificently long-tailed phoenixes with cloud scrolls, motifs that can also be seen on the silk boots
Mirror with a Coiling Dragon
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cast in high-tin and low-lead bronze by the lost wax method, this mirror has a dark and lustrous patina known as heiqigu (literally, “black lacquer an
Mirror with 'Shan' (Mountain) Pattern
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Chinese mirror-casting achieved new elegance and precision with the technical development of stamped clay molds over which molten bronze was poured.
Mirror with Handle, Decorated with "Double Happiness" and Five Bats
The Cleveland Museum of Art
This mirror bears a large character of xi 囍 ("double happiness," as in a marriage) as its principal decoration.
TLV Mirror with Serpentine Interlaces
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Inscription: In great joy and fortune, May you obtain your heart's desire.
Lobed Mirror with a Tortoise Knob, a Musician, and a Phoenix
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The imagery of this mirror includes a tiny turtle knob accompanied by a musician and phoenix.
Mirror with Three Pairs of Pixie around a Loti-form Knob
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Wine Vessel (Hu)
The Cleveland Museum of Art
By the time this wine vessel was cast, bronzes were increasingly losing their ritual significance and becoming symbols of prestige and conspicuous con
Tripod Container with Dragon-Head Handle (Zhadou)
Cleveland Museum of Art
The dragon, winged chimera, and grotesque monster's face presented in this case exhibit uninhibited imagination in the representation of fantasti
Wine Vessel (Zun)
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Although the Zhou defeated the Shang, the performance of religious rites and the casting of ceremonial bronzes continued.
Mirror
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Two of the same animals of the Four Directions see in the "TLV" mirror are cast in high relief and twisted in confrontation: the Dragon of
Mirror of Tortoise Knob and Lotus Pattern
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The mirror retains much unaltered metal.
Lobed Mirror with Acrobats on Lotus Blossoms
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The reflecting surfaces of the mirrors were smooth and highly polished.
Tripod (Ding)
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Large and majestic, this tripod gives the effect of overpowering force.
Mirror with Animals and Birds
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The silver inset of this mirror back was decorated with several hand-beaten techniques.
Mirror with a Square Band, Four Nipples, and Grass Leaf Motifs
Cleveland Museum of Art
Mirror with Concentric Circles and Linked Arcs
Cleveland Museum of Art
Mirror with Lotus and Mantra
The Cleveland Museum of Art
A mantra or meditative statement is embedded in the petals of the lotus flower on the mirror back.
Animal-and-Grape Mirror
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The mirror was cast using lost-wax technology. Little finishing work is evident on the back.
Mirror with a Square Band, Four Nipples, and Grass Leaf Motifs
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Mirror with Concentric Circles
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Mirror with Serpentine Interlaces
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The mirror was cast in a ceramic mold. The concave concentric circles were polished while the remainder of the cast design received no finishing.