Sujet
Mirror with Phoenixes, Birds, Butterflies, and Floral Sprays, 700s. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Mirror with Phoenixes, Birds, Butterflies, and Floral Sprays, 700s. This extremely rare pingtuo mirror is coated with a lacquer base inlaid with silver and gold. The decorative patterns, especially the floral arabesques and the phoenixes and birds holding branches in their mouths, have a pronounced Persian and Central Asian flavor. Luxury items like this had been used by the Tang emperor as an imperial gift. A similar example from the Japanese imperial collection of Emperor Shomu was donated by Empress Komyo to the Shoso-in repository of the Todai-ji Temple, Nara, in 756.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F94_045
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
69,4Mo (6,9Mo) / 42,6cm x 40,9cm / 5026 x 4828 (300dpi)