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    "localId": "159102",
    "label": "TLV Mirror with Multiple Nipples",
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    "id": "159102",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "TLV Mirror with Multiple Nipples",
    "description": "The inscription in this mirror reads: A fine mirror it is, my making of it! I can show the ageless immortals up above. They wander over the earth and belittle the Four Oceans. They live as long as metal and stone, And are true protectors of our kingdom. These poetic lines suggest the reflective and magical qualities of the bronze mirror in the Chinese imagination. Besides reflecting the immortals, it illuminated the human soul so that it would be in tune with forces of yin and yang in Chinese cosmology.",
    "date": "9–23 CE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.298",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metalwork"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.298/1995.298_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.); Overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "China, Xin dynasty (9–23 CE)"
    ],
    "accession": "1995.298"
}

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    "tec": "bronze",
    "tombstone": "TLV Mirror with Multiple Nipples (多乳博局式鏡), 9–23 CE. China, Xin dynasty (9–23 CE). Bronze; diameter: 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.); overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee, 1995.298",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "多乳博局式鏡",
    "collection": "China - Han Dynasty",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "作佳鏡哉真大好，上有仙人不知老。\n渴飲玉泉飢食棗，浮遊天下傲四海。\n壽如金石為國保。"
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "This mirror includes a poetic inscription that credits the immortals as protectors of the kingdom.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Chou, Ju-hsi. <em>Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 17, cat. no. 28"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.298",
    "creditline": "Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:14:19.202000",
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    "sourceId": 159102,
    "dept": "Chinese Art",
    "coll": "China - Han Dynasty",
    "med": "bronze",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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