Mirror with a Square Band, Four Nipples, and Grass Leaf Motifs

late 3rd century BC-1st century

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Title: Mirror with a Square Band, Four Nipples, and Grass Leaf Motifs
Date Created: late 3rd century BC-1st century
Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); Overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); Rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Provenance: (T. Y. King, Hong Kong, sold to Thomas and Martha Carter), Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Metalwork
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.284
Medium: bronze
Inscriptions: May you see the light of the sun, and live in everlasting joy.
Department: Chinese Art
Culture: China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9)
Credit Line: Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
Collection: China - Han Dynasty
Accession Number: 1995.284

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