id:			128304
accession number:	1951.292
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.292
updated:		2025-02-09 01:36:45.688000

Mirror with Animals and Birds, early 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze inset with gilded-silver relief decoration; diameter: 5.1 cm (2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1951.292

title:				Mirror with Animals and Birds
title in original language:	鳥獸紋鏡
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creation date:			early 700s
creation date earliest:		700
creation date latest:		725
current location:		239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique:	bronze inset with gilded-silver relief decoration
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Tang Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 5.1 cm (2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Mirrors: Art and Symbol
	opening date:   1984-07-03T04:00:00
	<i>Mirrors: Art and Symbol</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 3-November 18, 1984).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': "Los Angeles County Museum, The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, January 8-February 17, 1957, no. 143", 'opening_date': '1957-01-08T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Arts of China from The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mansfield Art Center, Feb. 27-April 10, 1983', 'opening_date': '1983-02-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Dayton Art Institute, "Chinese Gold and Silver from the T\'ang Dynasty from American Collections," Showings: 11/3/1984-1/6/1985, Dayton; 2/5/1985-4/21/1985 Cooper Hewitt, NY', 'opening_date': '1984-11-03T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Howard Hollis and Co., Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1951
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1951–
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