Mirror with Deities, Chariot, and the White Tiger
AD 100–200
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Mirror with Deities, Chariot, and the White Tiger, AD 100–200. China, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220). Bronze; diameter: 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.); overall: 1.7 cm (11/16 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 1995.332 The meaning of the complex imagery on this mirror's back is not fully understood.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.); Overall: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.); Rim: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1995.332
- Credit Line
- Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
- Exhibitions
- Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors, La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 241B Arts of Ancient China
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