Mirror with Lotus and Mantra
1271–1368
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Mirror with Lotus and Mantra, 1271–1368. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Bronze; diameter: 22.3 cm (8 3/4 in.); overall: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1999.221 A mantra or meditative statement is embedded in the petals of the lotus flower on the mirror back.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 22.3 cm (8 3/4 in.); Overall: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); Rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1999.221
- Credit Line
- Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
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