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Mirror with Concentric Circles and Linked Arcs

重圈連弧銘紋鏡

late 200s–9 BCE

China, Western Han dynasty

(206 BCE–8 CE)
Medium
bronze
Measurements
Diameter: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.); Overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Weight: 132 g (4.66 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.290
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Inscription: By the light of the sun, The world is made bright.

Mirror with Concentric Circles and Linked Arcs

late 200s–9 BCE

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

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