Mirror with Confucian Maxim
1400s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Mirror with Confucian Maxim, 1400s. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Bronze; diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); overall: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.); rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.395
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); Overall: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 為善最樂 Translation: Joy in performing good deeds!
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1995.395
- Credit Line
- Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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