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Octafoil Mirror with Paired Phoenixes, Birds, and Flowers

Cleveland Museum of Art

A bronze mirror with a green patina is lotus-lobed in shape. The mirror's surface features a central raised circle. A band of raised, curvilinear foliate motifs encircles the central field, on which raised paired phoenixes face each other under a stylized flower; similar floral motifs alternate with the phoenixes. Between the central field and the edge are raised bird and floral motifs; the mirror's edge features stylized floral motifs.

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893 × 893 px
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