File:Bronze mirror with cosmological decoration from the Belitung shipwreck, ArtScience Museum, Singapore - 20110618.jpg
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English: A bronze mirror with a cosmological decoration and inscription (see below).
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| Title |
English: A bronze mirror with a cosmological decoration and inscription (see below). |
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| Description |
English: Part of the collection of artifacts from the Belitung shipwreck owned by the Sentosa Leisure Group and the Government of Singapore, photographed while displayed at an exhibition called Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds at the ArtScience Museum, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, from 19 February 2011 to 31 July 2011. |
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| Date | 759 (Tang Dynasty). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | copper alloy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | diameter: 21 cm (8.2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2005.1.00849. |
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| Inscriptions | "Made on the 29th day of the 11th month of the first year of the wuxu era of the Qianyuan reign of the Tang in Yangzhou in the midst of the Yangzi River [from bronze that was] smelted one hundred times". | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | Item 290, Regina Krahl, et al. (eds.) (2010) Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds, Washington, D.C.: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; National Heritage Board (Singapore); Singapore Tourism Board, p. 263 ISBN: 978-0-934686-18-1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Photographed by Jacklee on 18 June 2011, 19:13. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 04:04, 2 September 2011 | 3,872 × 2,592 (3.81 MB) | Jacklee | =={{int:filedesc}}== {{Artwork |artist = {{Unknown|author}}. |title = {{en|A bronze mirror with a cosmological decoration and inscription ''(see below)''.}} |description = {{en|Part of the collection of artifacts from the {{w|Bel |
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