id: 159091 accession number: 1995.288 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.288 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:28.562000 Mirror with Clouds and Nebulae, 200–100 BCE. China, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE). Bronze; diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.288 title: Mirror with Clouds and Nebulae title in original language: 星雲鏡 series: series in original language: creation date: 200–100 BCE creation date earliest: -200 creation date latest: -100 current location: 241B Arts of Ancient China creditline: Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee copyright: --- culture: China, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE) technique: bronze department: Chinese Art collection: China - Han Dynasty type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors opening date: 2000-09-17T00:00:00 Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors. 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17-November 26, 2000. "Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors" exh. cat. no. 13, p. 34; pp. 105, 114; repr. p. 34, color repr. pl. 2, p. 16 .', 'opening_date': '2000-09-17T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'New York, New York: China Institute Gallery; February 6, 2002-June 2, 2002. "Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors".', 'opening_date': '2002-02-06T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Madison, Wisconsin: Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison; December 20, 2003-February 29, 2004. "Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors".', 'opening_date': '2003-12-20T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Chou, Ju-hsi. Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. page number: Reproduced: p. 16, cat. no. 13 url: Schulten, Caroline. "Some Notes on the Use of Bronze Mirrors in the Tomb of Zhang Wenzao, Liao Period." Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 9 (2005): 68-89. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 76, fig. 8 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079751 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.288/1995.288_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.288/1995.288_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.288/1995.288_full.tif