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Inscription: I made the bright mirror, Having melted three metals. I have sculpted the classic paradigms And the virtuous in myriad years. The human spirit is made manifest And heavenly deities reveal their noble forms. As they are painted with six colors, Their light shines through the heaven and earth. With virtues and the Way in grasp, Rules and laws sprang into being....
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
?-1995Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, ?-1995, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1995-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1995-present
Diameter: 11.6 公分 (4 9/16 英吋)
Overall: 1.3 公分 (1/2 英吋)
Rim: 0.6 公分 (1/4 英吋)
銅
吾作明鏡，幽涑三商。
雕刻典祚，配德萬疆。
人氣顯分，天元景容。座事六采，
光耀玄黃。統德序道，【】有紀綱 ...
I made the bright mirror,
Having melted three metals.
I have sculpted the classic paradigms
And the virtuous in myriad years.
The human spirit is made manifest
And heavenly deities reveal their noble forms.
As they are painted with six colors,
Their light shines through the heaven and earth.
With virtues and the Way in grasp,
Rules and laws sprang into being....
