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Mirror with Clouds and Nebulae
200-100 BC
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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- Title: Mirror with Clouds and Nebulae
- Date Created: 200-100 BC
- Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
- Provenance: Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI
- Type: Metalwork
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.288
- Medium: bronze
- Original Title: 星雲鏡
- Fun Fact: Mirrors provided literal reflection and were decorated with symbolic imagery that illuminated universal themes.
- 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: 1995.288
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