TLV Mirror with Four Spirits and Companions
AD 9–100
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
TLV Mirror with Four Spirits and Companions, AD 9–100. China, Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 220). Bronze; diameter: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.); overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.301
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.); Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: The inscription is limited to the area within the central square and among the smaller nipples. It is the zodiac series.
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1995.301
- Credit Line
- Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
- Exhibitions
- Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors, From Caves to Tombs: Chinese Pictorial Rubbings from Stone Reliefs (Chinese art rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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