Mirror with Handle, Decorated with "Double Happiness" and Five Bats
c. 1800
Tang Wanheng
Tang Wanheng (Chinese, active c. 1800)
Chinese Art
Mirror with Handle, Decorated with "Double Happiness" and Five Bats, c. 1800. Workshop of Tang Wanheng (Chinese, active c. 1800). Brass; diameter: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); overall: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.); rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.401 The five–bat design signals a wish for good fortune.
- Maker/Artist
- Tang Wanheng
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- brass
- Medium
- brass
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); Overall: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.); Rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 雙喜， 湯萬亨 Translation: double happiness; Tang Wanheng
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1995.401
- Credit Line
- Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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