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Mirror with Deities and Animals Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles

AD late 100s

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

Inscription: I made this bright mirror, By refining three metals. It is fitting for immortals, distant from the worldlings, And for those who are in command of virtues and the Way. Here too we will find respect for the wise and the able. They can be engraved in infinite ways. Here is BoYa playing the music. A multitude of fortunes underscore the yang force. The mirror shines brightly on the world. May you live long as the metal and stone. May you reach the height of dukedom. Even this master be given to live a long life.

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  • Title: Mirror with Deities and Animals Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles
  • Date Created: AD late 100s
  • Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); Overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
  • Provenance: Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI
  • Type: Metalwork
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.333
  • Medium: bronze
  • Original Title: 半圓方枚環繞式神獸鏡
  • Inscriptions: 吾作明鏡,幽涑三岡。配仙世袁,紡德序道, 敬奉臣(賢)良。同(銅)刻無極。 百牙作樂,眾祥主陽。世照光明, 壽如金石,位至三公,其師命長。
  • Department: Chinese Art
  • Culture: China, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
  • Collection: China - Han Dynasty
  • Accession Number: 1995.333
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