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Aug 30, 2012
Aug 30, 2012
TLV Mirror with Multiple Nipples
TLV Mirror with Multiple Nipples
多乳博局式鏡
AD 9–23
China, Xin dynasty
(9-23)
Bronze
Diameter: 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.); Overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Weight: 635 g (1.4 lbs.)
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.298
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This mirror includes a poetic inscription that credits the immortals as protectors of the kingdom.
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The inscription in this mirror reads: A fine mirror it is, my making of it! I can show the ageless immortals up above. They wander over the earth and belittle the Four Oceans. They live as long as metal and stone, And are true protectors of our kingdom. These poetic lines suggest the reflective and magical qualities of the bronze mirror in the Chinese imagination. Besides reflecting the immortals, it illuminated the human soul so that it would be in tune with forces of yin and yang in Chinese cosmology.
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