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Mirror with Auspicious Animals, Celestial Horses, and Grapevines
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About this work
The mirror is covered with thick layers of corrosion that have been partially scraped off the reflecting surface. A small triangular area of undisturbed corrosion remains.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineMirror with Auspicious Animals, Celestial Horses, and Grapevines, early 1100s–mid-1200s. China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Bronze; diameter: 25.9 cm (10 3/16 in.); overall: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.); rim: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee, 1995.357
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