panicinthestudio:cma-chinese-art:Mirror with a Coiling Dragon, 700, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese
panicinthestudio:cma-chinese-art:Mirror with a Coiling Dragon, 700, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtCast in high-tin and low-lead bronze by the lost wax method, this mirror has a dark and lustrous patina known as heiqigu (literally, “black lacquer antique”). It bears a design of a coiling dragon among trailing clouds. With a small, elongated head connecting to an S-curve of the neck that is as sinuous as the body and tail, the dragon of the Tang period is unique among others.Size: Diameter: 10.2 cm (4 in. Overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in. Rim: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)Medium: bronzehttps://clevelandart.org/art/1995.367Mirror with a Coiling Dragon, 700sTang dynasty, ChinaCollection of the Cleveland Museum of Art -- source link