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Mirror with Deities, Chariot, and the White Tiger
The collection record classifies this work as metalwork. It is dated 100–200 CE. Recorded culture or place: China, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE).
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- Museum title
- Mirror with Deities, Chariot, and the White Tiger
- Date
- 100–200 CE
- Culture / origin
- China, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE)
- Materials and technique
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.); Overall: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.); Rim: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1995.332
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Depicted on the mirror back are two Daoist deities: the King Father of the East (Dongwanggong) and the Queen Mother of the West (Xiwangmu). Completing the design are the White Tiger of the west (one the Four Spirits representing the four cardinal directions, including the Green Dragon of the east, the Red Bird of the south, and the Dark Warrior of the north) and a chariot drawn by three horses. The reason for the redundancy of two symbolic images relating to the west is not known.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee · CC0
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