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Source Description
Inscription: I made this bright mirror by refining the three metals. Then I sculpted infinite forms.
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159135
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Mirror with Deities and Animals Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles
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159135
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object
title
Mirror with Deities and Animals Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles
description
Inscription: I made this bright mirror by refining the three metals. Then I sculpted infinite forms.
date
175–225 CE
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CC0
language
en
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Q79978271
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Metalwork
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import
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Diameter: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.); Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
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China, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE)
accession
1995.326
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bronze
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Mirror with Deities and Animals Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles (半圓方枚環繞式神獸鏡), 175–225 CE. China, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE). Bronze; diameter: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.); overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 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, 1995.326
titleInOriginalLanguage
半圓方枚環繞式神獸鏡
collection
China - Han Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription
吾作明鏡，幽凍三商。
雕刻極無（無極）。
inscription_translation
I made this bright mirror by refining the three metals.
Then I sculpted infinite forms.
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. 39, pp. 53-54, 107, 118
creditline
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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2026-05-29 08:14:29.018000
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159135
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Chinese Art
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China - Han Dynasty
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bronze
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