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Document identity
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159220
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Mirror with Addorsed Sphinxes
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object
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Source metadata
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159220
contentType
object
title
Mirror with Addorsed Sphinxes
date
1200s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79978503
genreSpecific
Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.); Overall: 0.9 x 0.3 cm (3/8 x 1/8 in.); Rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
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Eastern Anatolia or Northern Mesopotamia
accession
1995.402
Source extras
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Cast bronze with relief decoration
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Mirror with Addorsed Sphinxes, 1200s. Eastern Anatolia or Northern Mesopotamia. Cast bronze with relief decoration; diameter: 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.); overall: 0.9 x 0.3 cm (3/8 x 1/8 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, 1995.402
collection
Islamic Art
inscriptions
inscription
Arabic inscription in degenerate floriated angular script around rim. Inscription is poorly written, but is identical to that on mirrors in Kuwait al-Sabah Collection (LNS102M) and Musée des Arts Decoratifs (14918).
Translation (from M. Jenkins, "The al-Sabah Collection," 1983, p. 69): Glory and continence and good fortune and splendor and high position and praise and happiness and nobility and power and increase and potency and blessings to its owner forever.
citations
citation
Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland, OH; New Haven, CT: The Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page_number
Reproduced: P. 151, fig. 4.23; Mentioned: P. 33, 151
creditline
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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2026-05-29 08:15:12.055000
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159220
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Islamic Art
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Islamic Art
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Cast bronze with relief decoration
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0
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photo
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