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Source Description
Inscription: I received a gift: the mirror of the King of Qin. For this, I would have paid willingly a thousand taels of silver. In no way would I use it to unveil your hidden desires. Verily, I only wish to lay bare my own heart.
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159148
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Mirror with Four Running Animals
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159148
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object
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Mirror with Four Running Animals
description
Inscription: I received a gift: the mirror of the King of Qin. For this, I would have paid willingly a thousand taels of silver. In no way would I use it to unveil your hidden desires. Verily, I only wish to lay bare my own heart.
date
early 600s
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en
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Q79978303
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Metalwork
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dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); Overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); Rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
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China, Tang dynasty (618–907)
accession
1995.338
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bronze
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Mirror with Four Running Animals (瑞獸鏡), early 600s. China, Tang dynasty (618–907). Bronze; diameter: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee, 1995.338
titleInOriginalLanguage
瑞獸鏡
collection
China - Tang Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription
賞得秦王鏡，判不惜千金。
非關欲照膽，特是自明心。
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citations
citation
Chou, Ju-hsi. <em>Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 50, pp. 62–63, 108, 120
citation
Cahill, Suzanne E. "The Moon Stopping in the Void: Daoism and the LIterati Ideal in Mirrors of the Tang Dynasty." <em>Cleveland Studies in the History of Art</em> 9 (2005): 24-41.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 31–32, fig. 6
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Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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2026-05-29 08:14:33.984000
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159148
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Chinese Art
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China - Tang Dynasty
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bronze
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