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Document identity
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98278
label
TLV Mirror with Multiple Nipples
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object
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98278
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object
title
TLV Mirror with Multiple Nipples
date
1–200 CE
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79483644
genreSpecific
Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 17.1 cm (6 3/4 in.)
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China, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE)
accession
1917.953
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bronze
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TLV Mirror with Multiple Nipples, 1–200 CE. China, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE). Bronze; diameter: 17.1 cm (6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Worcester R. Warner Collection, 1917.953
collection
China - Han Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription
(after Karlgren, "Early Chinese Mirror Inscriptions," Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities No. 6 [1934], no. 215):
The Shang-fang has made the mirror, it is truly very good; on it are Immortals who do not know aging; when thirsty they drink from the jade springs; when hungry they eat dates; they roam about in the whole world and ramble [everywhere between] the four seas; may your longevity be like [that of] metal and stone; may you be a protector of the country.
formerAccessionNumbers
41.1915
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 810
citation
Wilson, J. Keith. "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 8 (1990): 286-323.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 300, 319
citation
Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>81, no. 8 (1994): 270-347.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 311; Mentioned: p. 311-12, 347
creditline
Worcester R. Warner Collection
updatedAt
2026-06-17 11:19:43.227000
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98278
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Chinese Art
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China - Han Dynasty
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bronze
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