Mirror with Four ""Mountain” Characters

3rd–2nd century BCE Diam: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) Citation Source image

In Chinese cosmology, the universe may be represented as geometric shapes. The circle shape of the mirror itself designates the heavens, and the square in the center represents the earth, with the central knob as the axis that connects earthly and heavenly realms. The four ups...

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Laurance and Isabel Roberts, Baltimore, Maryland., 1933, by purchase [from a dealer in Peking, name unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1995, by gift.
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