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    "localId": "108543",
    "label": "Mirror with Paired Felines",
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    "id": "108543",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Mirror with Paired Felines",
    "description": "The two leopard-like creatures stalking each other around the knob of this mirror display a naturalistic animal style that emerged with the Sui and Tang unification of China. Their constrained energy contrasts markedly with the reserved image of a young woman described in the encircling poetic inscription: <br><br>The maiden's chamber—bright and clear <br>Her precious mirror—round <br>It has doubled both her eyes <br>As she danced with the lonely phoenix. <br>Its light flows over her powdered face, painted brow <br>Diffusing radiance upon her silken gauze <br>While with infinite delicacy <br>She demurely glances at herself. <br><br>Unlike the tightly integrated Han mirrors, examples of the Sui and Tang are typically inscribed with romantic verses that bear no relation to their accompanying designs.",
    "date": "late 500s–600s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1926.249",
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    "language": "en",
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "China, Sui dynasty (581-618) - Tang dynasty (618-907)"
    ],
    "accession": "1926.249"
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    "tec": "bronze",
    "tombstone": "Mirror with Paired Felines, late 500s–600s. China, Sui dynasty (581-618) - Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze; diameter: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1926.249",
    "collection": "China - Sui Dynasty",
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            "inscription": "The maiden's chamber---bright and clear\r\n  Her precious mirror---round\r\nIt has doubled both her eyes\r\n  As she danced with the lonely phoenix.\r\nIts light flows over her powdered face, painted brow\r\n  Diffusing radiance upon her silken gauze\r\nWhile with infinite delicacy\r\n  She demurely glances at herself.\r\n",
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    "creditline": "Dudley P. Allen Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:48:46.003000",
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    "dept": "Chinese Art",
    "coll": "China - Sui Dynasty",
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