id:			159083
accession number:	1995.280
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.280
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:28.510000

Mirror with Three Dragons, 200s BCE. China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE). Bronze; diameter: 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.); overall: 0.6 cm (1/4 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 1995.280

title:				Mirror with Three Dragons
title in original language:	三龍鏡
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creation date:			200s BCE
creation date earliest:		-299
creation date latest:		-200
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creditline:			Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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culture:	China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Zhou Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.); Overall: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Circles of Reflection:  The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors
	opening date:   2000-09-17T00:00:00
	<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 Gallery, New York, NY (February 6-June 2, 2002); Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI (December 20, 2003-February 29, 2004).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Ming Gallery, Hong Kong, sold to Thomas and Martha Carter)
	date: ?-1994
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	Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1994-1995
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1995-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Chou, Ju-hsi. <em>Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 28, cat. no. 7; Mentioned: pp. 28-29; pp. 105, 112-113
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	Juliano, Annette L. "Preliminary Thoughts on the Restructuring of the Realm of the Spirits: Zoomorphs, Fantastic, and Hybrid Creatures (Seventh Century BCE to Sixth Century CE)." In <em>How Objects Tell Stories: Essays in Honor of Emma C. Bunker.</em> Katheryn M.Linduff, and Karen Sydney Rubinson, 27-49. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 15; reproduced: P. 40, fig. 4
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