Water Chestnut-Shaped Octagonal Mirror Depicting the Moon Palace
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制作年 Tang dynasty (7th century)
- Title
- ゲッキュウモンハチリョウキョウ
- Measurements
- D.12.0
- Materials, techniques and shape
- Bronze
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000546-0000
- License
- CC BY Images license
- Creditline
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慶應義塾（センチュリー赤尾コレクション）
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- Classification
- Art
- AI Tagging
- Art Circle Fashion accessory Glass Pattern
The ancient Chinese believed in a heavenly world of immortals. Tang Dynasty mirrors are characterized by the use of motifs derived from this ancient belief, and the mirror featured here, depicting the Moon Palace, is a good example. In the center is a towering tree. To its left is beautiful, legendary lady-in-waiting Héng'é (also Heng-E), who fled to the moon after stealing and drinking the elixir of life and became an immortal. Under this feminine figure is a toad, which is believed to be the metamorphosed Héng'é, while to the right, one can see a hare pounding on a mortar, concocting the elixir.
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- Title (EN)
- Water Chestnut-Shaped Octagonal Mirror Depicting the Moon Palace
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- Weights and quantities
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Quantity 1面
- Materials, techniques and shape
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Materials (鍍金）
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