id:			159091
accession number:	1995.288
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2023-04-26 11:23:56.881000

Mirror with Clouds and Nebulae, 200–100 BC. China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). 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
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creation date:			200–100 BC
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:			

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culture:	China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Han Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.4 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

* 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 .

* New York, New York:  China Institute Gallery; February 6, 2002-June 2, 2002.  "Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors".

* 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".

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PROVENANCE

	Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI
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fun fact:
Mirrors provided literal reflection and were decorated with symbolic imagery that illuminated universal themes.

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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, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 16, cat. no. 13
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	Schulten, Caroline. "Some Notes on the Use of Bronze Mirrors in the Tomb of Zhang Wenzao, Liao Period." <em>Cleveland Studies in the History of Art </em>9 (2005): 68-89.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 76, fig. 8
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079751

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