Mirror with Handle, Decorated with "Double Happiness" and Five Bats

Tang Wanheng

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a bronze mirror with a handle. The mirror is round and has a handle extending downwards from the bottom. The mirror's surface features a raised design. The outer edge of the mirror has a floral pattern. Inside this border, there are two lines of raised Chinese characters; the top line has two characters and the lower line has two as well. The two characters in the top line are identical. There are five bats surrounding the inner characters. The handle is rectangular in shape. The background is a plain gray color. A shadow is cast to the right.