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TLV Mirror with Serpentine Interlaces

蟠螭紋博局式鏡

125–1 BCE
(206 BCE–8 CE)
bronze
Diameter: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); Overall: 1 cm (3/8 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Weight: 302.5 g (10.67 oz.)
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.283
Location: not on view
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Inscription: In great joy and fortune, May you obtain your heart's desire. Through thousands of autumns and myriad years, May you live a lasting life.
TLV Mirror with Serpentine Interlaces

TLV Mirror with Serpentine Interlaces

125–1 BCE

China, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE)

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