id:			154316
accession number:	1989.102
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.102
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:04.176000

Mirror with Four Nipples, Immortals, Dragon and Tiger, c. 125–220 CE. China, probably Zhejiang province, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE). Bronze; diameter: 20.9 cm (8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1989.102

title:				Mirror with Four Nipples, Immortals, Dragon and Tiger
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creation date:			c. 125–220 CE
creation date earliest:		120
creation date latest:		225
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creditline:			The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	China, probably Zhejiang province, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 CE)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Han Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 20.9 cm (8 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1989
	opening date:   1990-02-06T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1989</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-April 15, 1990).

	title:		Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia
	opening date:   1990-07-24T04:00:00
	<i>Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 25, 1990).

	title:		Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions
	opening date:   1994-10-18T04:00:00
	<i>Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Yoshiyuki Hosomi, Osaka, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1989
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1989-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review: Selections 1989.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 77, no. 2, 1990, pp. 38–78.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 78, no. 222; Reproduced: p. 42
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160106

	Wilson, J. Keith. "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 8 (1990): 286-323.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 28, p. 319
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161297

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 15
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n30

	Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>81, no. 8 (1994): 270-347.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 310; Mentioned: pp. 310-12, 347
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161465

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