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Summary
Lobed Mirror with Heaven and Earth between the Paired Phoenixes
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| Title |
Lobed Mirror with Heaven and Earth between the Paired Phoenixes |
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| Description |
This mirror bears an important inscription as well as symbolic imagery of the Eight Trigrams and Heaven and Earth to express the ancient Chinese cosmological ideas. The inscription reads: Circle above and square below: These are symbolic of heaven and earth. In the middle are the Eight Trigrams. Making clear [the forces of] yin and yang. Stars and constellations are well aligned; The sun and the moon are virtuous and bright. Circulating around [the earth] is water, Giving identity to the Four Great Rivers. Within are the mountain ranges, To signify the lordly heights. |
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| Date | 700 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Bronze | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Diameter: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); Overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); Rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chinese Art |
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1995.351 |
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| Place of creation | China, Tang dynasty (618-907) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.351 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The three-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with copyright terms of life of the creator plus 70 years or less. The creation of photographic reproduction of this object, however, generates a new copyright and an additional statement should be provided to indicate the copyright status of the image.
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
| The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 08:21, 21 January 2019 | | 3,400 × 3,320 (8.78 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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