Mirror with moon goddess and rabbit

Mirror · 25.24

Mirror with moon goddess and rabbit

DATE8th–9th century

CULTUREChina

MEDIUMCopper alloy

INSTITUTIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

Moon goddess, rabbit, and tree form a radiating composition on the mirror back, providing an object-based moon motif reference.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 25.24 ↗
Public Domain · The Met Open Access (CC0) ↗

01 · EVIDENCE BOUNDARY

What this relationship means

The catalog title identifies the moon goddess and rabbit. Its Mid-Autumn link is a cross-period motif connection, not a claim of festival use.

02 · VISIBLE MOTIFS

Forms to observe

moon goddessrabbitradiating composition

03 · EDITORIAL COLOR

A design reading, not a reconstruction

Jin Huang#CF8A14

Pale Yellow#F0C239

Dai Lan#425066

Mysterious Black#622A1D

△ These colors are selected from the Chinese Color Atlas for contemporary design use. They do not claim to measure or restore the object's original pigments.

04 · CONTINUE THE ATLAS