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Inscription: I made this bright mirror By refining the three metals. BoYa is making music; The multitude of gods display their forms. [The mirror] is suitable for a man with great wealth and good fortune. He [who has it] will add years to life. His descendants will also prosper. Even this master will enjoy longevity.
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Document identity
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159133
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Mirror with Auspicious Animals Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles
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159133
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object
title
Mirror with Auspicious Animals Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles
description
Inscription: I made this bright mirror By refining the three metals. BoYa is making music; The multitude of gods display their forms. [The mirror] is suitable for a man with great wealth and good fortune. He [who has it] will add years to life. His descendants will also prosper. Even this master will enjoy longevity.
date
late 100s CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79978267
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Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.); Overall: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.); Rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
cul
China, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE)
accession
1995.324
Source extras
tec
bronze
tombstone
Mirror with Auspicious Animals Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles (半圓方枚環繞式瑞獸鏡), late 100s CE. China, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE). Bronze; diameter: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.); overall: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.); rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee, 1995.324
titleInOriginalLanguage
半圓方枚環繞式瑞獸鏡
collection
China - Han Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription
吾作明鏡，幽凍三商。伯牙作樂，
眾神風容。宜大富兮，有福安服。
曾年益壽，子孫番昌，其師命長。
inscription_translation
I made this bright mirror
By refining the three metals.
BoYa is making music;
The multitude of gods display their forms.
[The mirror] is suitable
for a man with great wealth and good fortune.
He [who has it] will add years to life.
His descendants will also prosper.
Even this master will enjoy longevity.
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: cat. no. 40, p. 54. Mentioned: pp. 107, 118
creditline
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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2026-05-29 08:14:26.993000
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159133
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Chinese Art
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China - Han Dynasty
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bronze
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0
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photo
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