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Mirror with Clouds and Nebulae
200–100 BCE
- Medium
- bronze
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
- Culture
- China, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Chinese Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Mirrors provided literal reflection and were decorated with symbolic imagery that illuminated universal themes.
