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Mirror Back with Birds and Animals in Repoussé

8th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 207
Originally attached to the back of a bronze mirror, this silver disk is richly decorated with fantastic birds and felines frolicking amid lotus tendrils against a background finely stippled with a punch ring.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 唐 鳥獸紋銀鏡背
  • Title: Mirror Back with Birds and Animals in Repoussé
  • Period: Tang dynasty (618–907)
  • Date: 8th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Silver
  • Dimensions: Diam. 9 11/16 in. (24.6 cm)
  • Classification: Mirrors
  • Credit Line: Gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1985
  • Object Number: 1985.214.22
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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