Lobed Mirror with Heaven and Earth between the Paired Phoenixes

Lobed Mirror with Heaven and Earth between the Paired Phoenixes

典藏者
The Cleveland Museum of Art
This mirror bears an important inscription as well as symbolic imagery of the Eight Trigrams and Heaven and Earth to express the ancient Chinese cosmological ideas. The inscription reads: Circle above and square below: These are symbolic of heaven and earth. In the middle are the Eight Trigrams. Making clear [the forces of] yin and yang. Stars and constellations are well aligned; The sun and the moon are virtuous and bright. Circulating around [the earth] is water, Giving identity to the Four Great Rivers. Within are the mountain ranges, To signify the lordly heights.

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主要名稱
Lobed Mirror with Heaven and Earth between the Paired Phoenixes
其他名稱
典藏者
The Cleveland Museum of Art
內容描述

This mirror bears an important inscription as well as symbolic imagery of the Eight Trigrams and Heaven and Earth to express the ancient Chinese cosmological ideas. The inscription reads: Circle above and square below: These are symbolic of heaven and earth. In the middle are the Eight Trigrams. Making clear [the forces of] yin and yang. Stars and constellations are well aligned; The sun and the moon are virtuous and bright. Circulating around [the earth] is water, Giving identity to the Four Great Rivers. Within are the mountain ranges, To signify the lordly heights.

This mirror contains cosmological symbolism with heaven represented by a large circle at top and earth by a square at bottom.

物件類別
文物
其他內容描述
取得方式: 

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

取得方式: 

-1995Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, ?-1995, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

取得方式: 

1995-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1995-present

尺寸: 

Diameter: 22.5 公分 (8 7/8 英吋)

尺寸: 

Overall: 1.1 公分 (7/16 英吋)

尺寸: 

Rim: 0.7 公分 (1/4 英吋)

材質: 

青銅

註記: 

上圓下方,象于天地。
中列八填,備著陰陽。
辰星鎮定,日月貞明。
周流為水,以名四瀆。
內置連山,以旌王岳。
Circle above and square below:
These are symbols of heaven and earth.
In the middle are the Eight Trigrams,
Making clear [the forces of] yin and yang.
Stars and constellations are well aligned;
The sun and the moon are virtuous and bright.
Circulating around [the earth] is water,
Giving identity to the Four Great Rivers.
Within are the mountain ranges,
To signify the lordly heights.

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創建時間
創建時間: 
700年代中期至晚期
創建時間: 
創建地點
創建地點: 
中國
識別碼
1995.351
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