Mirror case

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Mirror case by Liao is round. The object has a wide rim. The rim is decorated with a curvilinear pattern of foliage or flowers. A thin line borders the inner part of the lid. The inner part has symmetrical dark and light pattern. The pattern has a central shape like a plus sign with pointed petals on each end. Four identical sets of three leaf-like shapes extend from the center to the rim.