Photo of collection object TLV Mirror with Multiple Nipples
TLV Mirror with Multiple Nipples, 1st century AD. bronze, Diameter: 17.1 cm (6 3/4 in.). Worcester R. Warner Collection, 1917.953. CC0.

TLV Mirror with Multiple Nipples

1st century AD

Maker Unknown

Chinese Art

TLV Mirror with Multiple Nipples, 1st century AD. China, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220). Bronze; diameter: 17.1 cm (6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Worcester R. Warner Collection 1917.953
Maker/Artist
Maker Unknown
Classification
Metalwork
Formatted Medium
bronze
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 17.1 cm (6 3/4 in.)
Inscribed
Inscription: (after Karlgren, "Early Chinese Mirror Inscriptions," Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities No. 6 [1934], no. 215): The Shang-fang has made the mirror, it is truly very good; on it are Immortals who do not know aging; when thirsty they drink from the jade springs; when hungry they eat dates; they roam about in the whole world and ramble [everywhere between] the four seas; may your longevity be like [that of] metal and stone; may you be a protector of the country.
Departments
Chinese Art
Accession Number
1917.953
Credit Line
Worcester R. Warner Collection
Rights Statement
CC0

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