Mirror Frame with Raised Bamboo and Dragonfly & Lizard Motif

Bamboo-style trim, a dragonfly and a little lizard share one cream-colored frame.

This is a cast mirror frame with raised bamboo, dragonfly and lizard motifs. Bamboo is a favorite subject in Chinese and Japanese art, where its flexible strength and evergreen stems are often taken as signs of resilience. Tall pale rectangular frame with a plain cornice carries a diamond of raised bamboo-like rods in the upper panel. A small dragonfly hovers at the right and a lizard climbs at the lower left above a smaller rectangular mirror. It is 25 inches wide, 2 deep and 48 high.

Garden life, politely invited onto the wall.