Divination Mirror (Tib: Melong)

Daten.d.

Artist Tibetan (Tibetan, NA)

CultureTibetan

MediumMetal alloy (copper)

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (14 x 11.1 cm)

Credit LineThe Jack Shear Collection of Tibetan Art, a partnership between The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, The Tang Museum at Skidmore College, and the Williams College Museum of Art.

On View

Not on view

Classification(s)

Decorative Art

BibliographyBogin, Benjamin, Maki, Ariana, and Seligman, Rachel (eds.). Forms of Awakening: Tibetan Art from the Jack Shear Collection. A partnership between The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, NY); The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY); Williams College Museum of Art (Williamstown, MA). New York, NY: Delmonico Books, 2024, p. 146-147

Vassar Exhibitions

Mastery and Merit: Tibetan Art from the Jack Shear Collection

Exhibition HistoryMastery and Merit: Tibetan Art from the Jack Shear Collection, March 5 - July 31, 2022
DescriptionMirrors of this type are one of many types of tools used by astrologers, mediums, etc., for prognostication. These also appear in painted and sculpted forms on protector and wrathful deities, as well as in the hand of one of the 35 Confession Buddhas.

Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email loebcollections@vassar.edu