{
    "data": {
        "id": 98856,
        "accession_number": "1918.531",
        "share_license_status": "CC0",
        "tombstone": "Mirror with the Image of Avalokitesvara (\ubc31\ub3d9 \uad00\uc74c\ubcf4\uc0b4 \uacbd\uc0c1 [\u767d\u9285\u89c0\u97f3\u83e9\u85a9\u6587\u93e1\u50cf]), early 1900s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392\u20131910). Bronze with incised Buddhist designs; overall: 15.7 x 13 cm (6 3/16 x 5 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Director's Contingent Fund, 1918.531",
        "current_location": null,
        "title": "Mirror with the Image of Avalokitesvara",
        "title_in_original_language": "\ubc31\ub3d9 \uad00\uc74c\ubcf4\uc0b4 \uacbd\uc0c1 [\u767d\u9285\u89c0\u97f3\u83e9\u85a9\u6587\u93e1\u50cf]",
        "creation_date": "early 1900s",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1900,
        "creation_date_latest": 1918,
        "artists_tags": [],
        "culture": [
            "Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392\u20131910)"
        ],
        "technique": "bronze with incised Buddhist designs",
        "support_materials": [],
        "department": "Korean Art",
        "collection": "Korean Art",
        "type": "Metalwork",
        "measurements": "Overall: 15.7 x 13 cm (6 3/16 x 5 1/8 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
            "overall": {
                "height": 0.157,
                "height_inch": 6,
                "height_inch_fraction": 0.1875,
                "width": 0.13,
                "width_inch": 5,
                "width_inch_fraction": 0.125
            }
        },
        "state_of_the_work": null,
        "edition_of_the_work": null,
        "copyright": null,
        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [],
            "legacy": []
        },
        "provenance": [
            {
                "description": "Purchased  in Korea by Langdon Warner [1881\u20131955], as agent of the Cleveland Museum of Art",
                "citations": [],
                "footnotes": null,
                "date": "?\u20131918",
                "sortorder": 1
            },
            {
                "description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH",
                "citations": [],
                "footnotes": null,
                "date": "1918\u2013",
                "sortorder": 2
            }
        ],
        "find_spot": null,
        "related_works": [],
        "former_accession_numbers": [],
        "did_you_know": "Due to its origin as an important tool in religion and politics, mirrors are often mentioned in many Korean proverbs that warn certain behaviors.",
        "early_education_description": null,
        "artlens_description": null,
        "description": "Mirrors, along with swords and jade, were among the most important symbols of power. It is thought that mirrors held power through their ability to catch and reflect light. This rare trapezoid-shaped example is engraved with an image of the Avalokitesvara, Bodhisattva of Compassion and was used as a part of Buddhist rituals.",
        "external_resources": {
            "wikidata": [
                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79485808"
            ],
            "internet_archive": [
                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1918.531-mirror-with-the-imag"
            ]
        },
        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "An, Gui-sook, <em>Korean Bronze Artisans </em>[\uc720\uae30\uc7a5]. Seoul: Hwasan munhwa, 2002.",
                "page_number": null,
                "url": null
            }
        ],
        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.531",
        "images": {
            "annotation": null,
            "web": {
                "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.531/1918.531_web.jpg",
                "width": "827",
                "height": "893",
                "filesize": "137276",
                "filename": "1918.531_web.jpg"
            },
            "print": {
                "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.531/1918.531_print.jpg",
                "width": "3150",
                "height": "3400",
                "filesize": "2017820",
                "filename": "1918.531_print.jpg"
            },
            "full": {
                "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.531/1918.531_full.tif",
                "width": "3774",
                "height": "4073",
                "filesize": "46150992",
                "filename": "1918.531_full.tif"
            }
        },
        "alternate_images": [
            {
                "web": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.531/1918.531_alt0_web.jpg",
                    "width": "756",
                    "height": "893",
                    "filesize": "104929"
                },
                "print": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.531/1918.531_alt0_print.jpg",
                    "width": "2880",
                    "height": "3400",
                    "filesize": "1664683"
                },
                "full": {
                    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.531/1918.531_alt0_full.tif",
                    "width": "3784",
                    "height": "4466",
                    "filesize": "50727664"
                },
                "date_created": "2012-04-12T15:00:56",
                "annotation": ""
            }
        ],
        "creditline": "Director's Contingent Fund",
        "image_credit": null,
        "sketchfab_id": null,
        "sketchfab_url": null,
        "gallery_donor_text": null,
        "athena_id": 98856,
        "creators": [],
        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1918-09-25T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1900,
        "date_added_to_oa": null,
        "date_text": "early 1900s",
        "collapse_artists": false,
        "on_loan": false,
        "recently_acquired": false,
        "record_type": "object",
        "conservation_statement": null,
        "has_conservation_images": false,
        "cover_accession_number": null,
        "is_nazi_era_provenance": false,
        "impression": null,
        "alternate_titles": [],
        "is_highlight": false,
        "updated_at": "2026-05-29 05:20:26.869000"
    }
}