TLV Mirror with Multiple Nipples
9–23 CE
Diameter: 16.3 cm (6 7/16 in.); Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.295
TLV mirrors of the Han dynasty were named after the motifs resembling the letters T, L, and V. Their meaning relates to cosmology. A concentric band of characters around the central knob reads, Good copper of the current Xin dynasty was mined at Danyang. / Mixed with white tin...
Artifact
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Terms
Culture
China, Xin dynasty (9–23 CE)
Technique
bronze
Medium
bronze
Genre
Metalwork
Department
Chinese Art
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