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Source Description
Inscription: I made this bright mirror By refining the three metals. With my fine skill, I engraved [the design].
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Document identity
localId
159137
label
Mirror Featuring Deities and Kings in Three Sections Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
159137
contentType
object
title
Mirror Featuring Deities and Kings in Three Sections Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles
description
Inscription: I made this bright mirror By refining the three metals. With my fine skill, I engraved [the design].
date
175–225 CE
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79978276
genreSpecific
Metalwork
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 13.9 cm (5 1/2 in.); Overall: 1 cm (3/8 in.); Rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
cul
China, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE)
accession
1995.328
Source extras
tec
bronze
tombstone
Mirror Featuring Deities and Kings in Three Sections Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles (半圓方枚環繞式三段神人鏡), 175–225 CE. China, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE). Bronze; diameter: 13.9 cm (5 1/2 in.); overall: 1 cm (3/8 in.); rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee, 1995.328
titleInOriginalLanguage
半圓方枚環繞式三段神人鏡
collection
China - Han Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription
吾作明鏡，幽涑三岡。巧工刻之。
inscription_translation
I made this bright mirror
By refining the three metals.
With my fine skill, I engraved [the design].
inscription
余造明【鏡】，【】【】能容 。翠羽秘蓋，
靈鵝臺【】。雕刻神圣，西母東王。
堯帝賜舜二女，天下泰平...
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. 41, pp. 55, 107, 118
creditline
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
updatedAt
2026-05-29 08:14:30.944000
sourceId
159137
dept
Chinese Art
coll
China - Han Dynasty
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bronze
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0
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