Lobed Mirror with Images of the “Moon Palace”: Hare Pounding Elixir, Toad, and Chang E Holding Peaches of Immortality

Lobed Mirror with Images of the “Moon Palace”: Hare Pounding Elixir, Toad, and Chang E Holding Peaches of Immortality

Tang dynasty (A.D. 618–907), 8th century · China

Bronze

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Chauncey McCormick Trust Fund

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