漢 青銅博局鏡, Mirror with Game Board Design, Han dynasty (206 – 220), China, Bronze, Diam. 6 5/8 in. ( cm), Mirrors

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漢 青銅博局鏡, Mirror with Game Board Design, Han dynasty (206 – 220), China, Bronze, Diam. 6 5/8 in. ( cm), Mirrors, The diagrammatic decoration on the back of this mirror points to a new cosmology. The square world—aligned with the four cardinal directions and inscribed with the “twelve earthly branches” used to compute the calendar—is surrounded by the circular heavens ringed in turn by the waves of the cosmic ocean

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Size: 5200px × 3903px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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