Mirror with Four ""Mountain” Characters
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...
Artifact
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3662
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contentType
object
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stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
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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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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pageCount
1
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import
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2885 |