Mirror decorated with lunisolar cosmology
This mirror’s five segments depict com-ponents of Daoist and Confucian cosmology that were adopted throughout East Asia. The central animals represent the five cardinal directions (ohaeng), followed by the Eight Trigrams (palgwae) with the Ten Heavenly Stems (cheon’gan), then the Twelve Zodiac Animals. The fourth register depicts thirty-six animals, and the outermost band has the twenty-four solar terms (jeolgi) in seal script, with six terms assigned to each of the four seasons.
Artwork Details
- 동제 십이지이십사수무늬 원형 경 고려
- 銅製十二支二十四宿文圓形鏡 高麗
- Title: Mirror decorated with lunisolar cosmology
- Period: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
- Culture: Korea
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: Diam. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
- Classification: Mirrors
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.175.25
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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