id:			159144
accession number:	1995.334
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.334
updated:		2023-04-26 11:23:57.066000

Mirror with Four Nipples and Eight Animals, AD 300. China, Western Jin dynasty (265-316). Bronze; diameter: 19.6 cm (7 11/16 in.); overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); rim: 1 cm (3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.334

title:				Mirror with Four Nipples and Eight Animals
title in original language:	四乳八獸鏡
series:				
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creation date:			AD 300
creation date earliest:		300
creation date latest:		300
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Western Jin dynasty (265-316)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Southern Dynasties
type:		Metalwork
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 19.6 cm (7 11/16 in.); Overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	永康元年正月午日，由（幽）【涑】黃日（白）。
早作明鏡，大吉大宮（富）。
延長壽命，上有王父西王母。
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	remark:		

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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. 44, pp. 57-58; pp. 107, 119; repr. p. 57, color repr. pl. 4, p. 18.

* 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

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wall description:
Inscription: On the day of wu, the first month, the first year of Yongkang, I made the bright mirror at the first of dawn by refining the yellow and the white [metals]. Great fortune and wealth will come as a result. May you live a long life. Up above are the King Father [of the East] and the Queen Mother of the West.
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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. 18, cat. no. 44
	url:		

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