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Mirror with Concentric Circles and Linked Arcs
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About this work
Inscription: Refine the copper to be pure and bright. Make it into a mirror to receive rightful decor. May it extend your life and remove misfortunes! [You are] coeval with the heaven above.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineMirror with Concentric Circles and Linked Arcs (重圈連弧鏡), 100–1 BCE. China, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE). Bronze; diameter: 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.); overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 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, 1995.306
