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159176
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Lobed Mirror of Three Delights
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159176
contentType
object
title
Lobed Mirror of Three Delights
date
700s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79978387
genreSpecific
Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 12.7 cm (5 in.); Overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); Rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
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China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
accession
1995.363
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bronze
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Lobed Mirror of Three Delights (三樂鏡), 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze; diameter: 12.7 cm (5 in.); overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee, 1995.363
titleInOriginalLanguage
三樂鏡
collection
China - Tang Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription
榮啟期問曰答孔夫子
inscription_translation
Rong Qiqi was questioned by, and replied
to Confucius.
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. 71, pp. 77, 108, 123
citation
Cahill, Suzanne E. "The Moon Stopping in the Void: Daoism and the LIterati Ideal in Mirrors of the Tang Dynasty." .<em>Cleveland Studies in the History of Art</em> 9 (2005): 24-41.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 34, fig. 9
creditline
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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2026-05-29 08:14:48.898000
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159176
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Chinese Art
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China - Tang Dynasty
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bronze
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