id:			159131
accession number:	1995.322
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.322
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:28.778000

Mirror with Two Dragons and a Tiger, 200s CE. China, Three Kingdoms (221–280 CE). Bronze; diameter: 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.); overall: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); rim: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.322

title:				Mirror with Two Dragons and a Tiger
title in original language:	龍虎對峙鏡
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creation date:			200s CE
creation date earliest:		220
creation date latest:		280
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creditline:			Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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culture:	China, Three Kingdoms (221–280 CE)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Three Kingdoms
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.); Overall: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); Rim: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.)
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	inscription:	張氏作鏡四夷服，多賀君家人民息。
胡羌殄減天下復，風雨時節五殼熟。
官至公卿蒙祿食，長保二親子孫力。
樂毋極。
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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

	Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI
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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: cat. no. 42, pp. 56, 107, 118
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