Chinese mirror Dragon and Phoenix 100 millimeters

Recently made bronze mirror, good heavy quality one with a very nicely detailed decoration. The bronze has been treated with special methods to give it a nice 'vintage-look'. 

This Chinese mirror has a very ancient design. The style, with the central knob on the decorated backside and the Chinese symbolism is amongst the oldest known shamanic mirrors, dating back almost 4000 years. Mirrors like this were originally often made with the 'lost wax' bronze casting method. This style of mirror is still highly regarded nowadays, though they are nowadays of course mostly made with more modern production methods.

The decoration on this mirror is a replica of a motive that became widespread during the Chinese Liao Dynasty (907-1125) and is still very popular today, both in China as in Siberian and Himalayan regions. It shows a beautiful decoration of a dragon and a phoenix. In this combination, the dragon symbolizes the masculine and the phoenix the feminine dynamics. In their perfect union, together they symbolize duality, balance, and harmony.

A mirror like this is also great to gift as a house amulet; it is said to especially protect the family, familyhome and marriage.

This mirror is 100 millimeters in diameter and weighs 172 grams.

Only one available.

Read more about the origin, design and usage of (shamanic) mirrors in the general description of our webshop collection "Mirrors and Melongs".