Sujet
Bronze mirror with dragon and phoenix design, early Six Dynasties period, China, mid 3rd century. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Bronze mirror with dragon and phoenix design, early Six Dynasties period, China, mid 3rd century. A bronze mirror from the Kingdom of Wu, with a large flat boss cast in low relief with a thin outer band of dragons and flying spirit figures between line borders, the broad inner band bordered with semi-circles enclosing dragons, apsara with halo, phoenixes and tigers. The boss handle is imposed on a quatrefoil pattern enclosing fabulous animals separating four pairs of phoenixes holding up a standard in the broad band. The inclusion of an apsara with a halo, a Buddhist motif, at this early period marks this as one of the earliest objects with Buddhist related decoration.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art
Date
220e siècle
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B72_182
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
17,9Mo (921,5Ko) / 18,7cm x 24,0cm / 2214 x 2831 (300dpi)