{"data": {"id": 159190, "accession_number": "1995.376", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Octafoil-shaped Mirror Featuring Ci Fei, the Dragon Slayer (\ud669\ube44\ucc3d\ucc9c\uacbd [\u60f6\u4e15\u660c\u5929\u93e1]), 900s\u20131300s. China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234) or Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918-1392). Bronze; diameter: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.); overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee, 1995.376", "current_location": "236 Korean", "title": "Octafoil-shaped Mirror Featuring Ci Fei, the Dragon Slayer", "title_in_original_language": "\u4f7d\u975e\u65ac\u86df\u9f8d\u8475\u82b1\u93e1", "creation_date": "900s\u20131300s", "creation_date_earliest": 900, "creation_date_latest": 1399, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234) or Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918-1392)"], "technique": "bronze", "support_materials": [], "department": "Chinese Art", "collection": "China - Song Dynasty", "type": "Metalwork", "measurements": "Diameter: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.); Overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)", "dimensions": {"diameter": {"width": 0.172, "width_inch": 6, "width_inch_fraction": 0.75}, "overall": {"height": 0.011, "height_inch": 0, "height_inch_fraction": 0.4375}, "rim": {"height": 0.005, "height_inch": 0, "height_inch_fraction": 0.1875}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [{"inscription": "\u714c\u4e15\u660c\u5929", "inscription_translation": "Great and resplendent is the heaven", "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": 1}], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 193152, "title": "Circles of Reflection:  The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors", "description": "<i>Circles of Reflection:  The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000); China Institute in America, New York, NY (February 6-June 2, 2002); Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI (December 20, 2003-February 29, 2004).", "opening_date": "2000-09-17T00:00:00"}, {"id": 315373, "title": "Mountains and Rivers Beyond the DMZ \u2013 Korean Gallery 236 Rotation", "description": "<i>Mountains and Rivers Beyond the DMZ \u2013 Korean Gallery 236 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 21-July 21, 2019).", "opening_date": "2019-01-23T05:00:00"}, {"id": 337978, "title": "Ink, Paper, and Brush - Korean Gallery 236 Rotation", "description": "<i>Ink, Paper, and Brush - Korean Gallery 236 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 24, 2019-January 26, 2020).", "opening_date": "2019-07-24T04:00:00"}], "legacy": []}, "provenance": [{"description": "Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "?\u20131995", "sortorder": 1}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "1995\u2013", "sortorder": 2}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "The mirror is currently thought to be a Chinese work dating to the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). Recently published excavation reports, however, reveal that this particular type was exclusively unearthed from Korean tombs of the Goryeo period.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "The mythical hero Ci Fei and his victory during his travel through the Yangzi River is depicted on this eight-lobbed mirror. He raises his sword in order to attack sea monsters. On the top, a large inscription in seal script reads \u201cGreat and Resplendent is the Heaven.\u201d The mirror is currently thought to be a Chinese work dating to the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). Recently published excavation reports, however, reveal that this particular type was exclusively unearthed from Korean tombs of the Goryeo period. Some Korean scholars speculate that this Chinese epic was appropriated to celebrate the Goryeo ruling house\u2019s heroic ancestry and this type of mirror was widely distributed as a token of power among Goryeo elite class members.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60762387"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1995.376-octafoil-shaped-mirr"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "Chou, Ju-hsi. <em>Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.", "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 80, p. 85; pp. 109, 124", "url": null}, {"citation": "<em>Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918-1392</em>. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2003.", "page_number": null, "url": null}, {"citation": "Choi, Eung-chon. \u201cCraftsmen in Metal Arts in the Goryeo Dynasty [\uace0\ub824\uc2dc\ub300 \u91d1\u5c6c\u5de5\u85dd\uc758 \u5320\u4eba].\u201d <em>Misulsahak yeongu</em> (2004): 171\u2013192.", "page_number": null, "url": "http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE00996932"}, {"citation": "Kim, Sung-june. \"The National Flag of the Sailing Ship inscribed on the Bronze Mirror in the Goryeo Period.\"<em> Yeoksa wa gyeong'gye</em> (2017): 245\u2013281.", "page_number": null, "url": "http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE07298449&language=ko_KR"}, {"citation": "<em>Goryeo: The Glory of Korea </em>[\ub300\uace0\ub824, \uadf8 \ucc2c\ub780\ud55c \ub3c4\uc804]. 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