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Dated Inscriptions on Certain Mirrors (A.D. 6–105): Genuine or Fabricated?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2015

Michael Loewe
Michael Loewe*
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Willow House, Grantchester, Cambridge CB3 9NF, U.K.
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Abstract

In his study (1943) of 132 bronze mirrors whose inscriptions specify a date between A.D. 6 and 536, Umehara Sueji examined thirty-eight of Han times (A.D. 6–220), accepting that they are genuine. However, inconsistencies and anomalies both in the inscriptions and the decorative details of the mirrors give reason to doubt the authenticity of seven of these which bear dates between A.D. 6 and 105.

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Early China , Volume 26 , 2001, pp. 233 - 256
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Copyright © Society for the Study of Early China 2002

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