Mirror with Deities and Animals in Concentric Circles

Description

Inscription: The mirror's light shows the man inside. May you live a long life and [constantly] renew yourself.

Provenance

Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?–1995); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1995–)

Mirror with Deities and Animals in Concentric Circles

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late 500s–early 600s

Accession Number

1995.337

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

Diameter: 33.4 cm (13 1/8 in.); Overall: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.); Rim: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)

Classification

Metalwork

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee