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Inscription: I made this bright mirror, By refining three metals. It is fitting for immortals, distant from the worldlings, And for those who are in command of virtues and the Way. Here too we will find respect for the wise and the able. They can be engraved in infinite ways. Here is BoYa playing the music. A multitude of fortunes underscore the yang force. The mirror shines brightly on the world. May you live long as the metal and stone. May you reach the height of dukedom. Even this master be given to live a long life.
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159143
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Mirror with Deities and Animals Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles
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159143
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Mirror with Deities and Animals Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles
description
Inscription: I made this bright mirror, By refining three metals. It is fitting for immortals, distant from the worldlings, And for those who are in command of virtues and the Way. Here too we will find respect for the wise and the able. They can be engraved in infinite ways. Here is BoYa playing the music. A multitude of fortunes underscore the yang force. The mirror shines brightly on the world. May you live long as the metal and stone. May you reach the height of dukedom. Even this master be given to live a long life.
date
late 100s CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79978290
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Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); Overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
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China, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE)
accession
1995.333
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tec
bronze
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Mirror with Deities and Animals Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles (半圓方枚環繞式神獸鏡), late 100s CE. China, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE). Bronze; diameter: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); overall: 1.3 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, 1995.333
titleInOriginalLanguage
半圓方枚環繞式神獸鏡
collection
China - Han Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription
吾作明鏡，幽涑三岡。配仙世袁，紡德序道，
敬奉臣（賢）良。同（銅）刻無極。
百牙作樂，眾祥主陽。世照光明，
壽如金石，位至三公，其師命長。
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. 38, pp. 52-53, 107, 119
creditline
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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2026-05-29 08:14:32.119000
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159143
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Chinese Art
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China - Han Dynasty
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bronze
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0
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photo
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