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Inscription: On the day of wu, the first month, the first year of Yongkang, I made the bright mirror at the first of dawn by refining the yellow and the white [metals]. Great fortune and wealth will come as a result. May you live a long life. Up above are the King Father [of the East] and the Queen Mother of the West.
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159144
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Mirror with Four Nipples and Eight Animals
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159144
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object
title
Mirror with Four Nipples and Eight Animals
description
Inscription: On the day of wu, the first month, the first year of Yongkang, I made the bright mirror at the first of dawn by refining the yellow and the white [metals]. Great fortune and wealth will come as a result. May you live a long life. Up above are the King Father [of the East] and the Queen Mother of the West.
date
300 CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79978292
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Metalwork
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 19.6 cm (7 11/16 in.); Overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
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China, Western Jin dynasty (265-316 CE)
accession
1995.334
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bronze
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Mirror with Four Nipples and Eight Animals (四乳八獸鏡), 300 CE. China, Western Jin dynasty (265-316 CE). Bronze; diameter: 19.6 cm (7 11/16 in.); overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); rim: 1 cm (3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee, 1995.334
titleInOriginalLanguage
四乳八獸鏡
collection
China - Southern Dynasties
inscriptions
inscription
永康元年正月午日，由（幽）【涑】黃日（白）。
早作明鏡，大吉大宮（富）。
延長壽命，上有王父西王母。
inscription_translation
On the day of wu, the first month, the first year of Yongkang, I made the bright mirror at the first of dawn by refining the yellow and the white [metals]. Great fortune and wealth will come as a result. May you live a long life. Up above are the King Father [of the East] and the Queen Mother of
the West.
citations
citation
Chou, Ju-hsi. <em>Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
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Reproduced: p. 18, cat. no. 44
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Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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2026-05-29 08:14:34.073000
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159144
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Chinese Art
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China - Southern Dynasties
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bronze
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