Mirror, 2nd century, 6 × 6 × 1/4 in. ( × × cm), Bronze, China, 2nd century, Numerous depictions of the Xi Wangmu, or Queen Mother of the West, and her consort, King Father of the East, survive in the form of mirror decoration. On this mirror, the divine couple are accompanied by four fantastic beasts. Each sits on a throne carried on the back of a beast. The composition of the two divinities on opposite sides of the mirror, their most common arrangement, symbolizes the ancient Chinese philosophical concept of yin and yang

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