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 Accession Number:1985.214.22 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.
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 Accession Number:1985.214.22 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.