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Source Description
Inscription: I, Pan, have produced the design.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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159129
label
Mirror with Linked Arcs and Kui Dragons
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object
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Source metadata
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159129
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object
title
Mirror with Linked Arcs and Kui Dragons
description
Inscription: I, Pan, have produced the design.
date
100s CE
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79978259
genreSpecific
Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 15.3 cm (6 in.); Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
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China, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE)
accession
1995.32
Source extras
tec
bronze
tombstone
Mirror with Linked Arcs and Kui Dragons (變燮連弧鏡), 100s CE. China, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE). Bronze; diameter: 15.3 cm (6 in.); overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee, 1995.320
titleInOriginalLanguage
變燮連弧鏡
collection
China - Han Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription
潘氏作鏡世少有，服者男分封候 ...宜孫子，樂無己。
inscription_translation
Master Pan's mirror is rare in this world.
He who owns it would attain the rank of marquis...
It should be cherished by your descendants.
May your joy be endless.
citations
citation
Chou, Ju-hsi. <em>Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
page_number
Reproduced: cat. no. 34, pp. 49, 107, 117
creditline
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
updatedAt
2026-05-29 08:14:26.554000
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159129
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Chinese Art
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China - Han Dynasty
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bronze
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1
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0
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photo
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