Sep 26, 2012
Sep 26, 2012

Mirror with Clouds and Nebulae

Mirror with Clouds and Nebulae

星雲鏡

200–100 BCE

Bronze

Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)

Weight: 185 g (6.53 oz.)

Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.288

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Mirrors provided literal reflection and were decorated with symbolic imagery that illuminated universal themes.

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