Tang dynasty: bronze mirror
Bossed mirror back, decorated in high relief with lions pursuing the immortal bird fenghuang among floral scrolls, bronze, from China, Tang dynasty, late 7th–early 8th century; in the Brooklyn Museum, New York.
Tang dynasty
Chinese history
Also known as: T’ang Dynasty
Tang dynasty, (618–907 ce), Chinese dynasty that succeeded the short-lived Sui dynasty (581–618), developed a successful form of government and administration on the Sui model, and stimulated a cultural and artistic flowering that amounted to a golden age. The Tang dynasty—like most—rose in duplicity and murder, and it subsided into a kind of anarchy. But at its apex, in the early 8th century, the splendour of its arts and its cultural milieu made it a...
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