Square Bronze Mirror Decorated with Lions and Grapevines, high Tang period, 7th to 8th century-China Archive

Image Number: K1A002012N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Tang dynasty
Category: Bronzes
Function: Household appliance
Material: Mineral/Metal/Bronze
Description:
The bronze mirror is a square mirror with animal buttons. The mirror back is divided into inner and outer regions by the bead ridge. The decoration is based on relief grape vine patterns, with four high relief lions facing the four corners in the inner area. The outer area is for birds and butterflies. The mirror edge is towering, and the inner side is decorated with a beaded pattern. The Palace of the Qing Dynasty was equipped with a square wooden box for this mirror, and a yellow signature was attached to the “one side of the Tang mirror of the upper right class”. There is a movable bracket in the box, which can be used as a mirror frame when it is erected for volume lighting.