id:			159145
accession number:	1995.335
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.335
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:28.855000

Mirror with Three Pairs of Pixie around a Loti-form Knob, mid-600s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze; diameter: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.); overall: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); rim: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.335

title:				Mirror with Three Pairs of Pixie around a Loti-form Knob
title in original language:	蓮座瑞獸鏡
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creation date:			mid-600s
creation date earliest:		618
creation date latest:		675
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creditline:			Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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culture:	China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Tang Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.); Overall: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); Rim: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	錬形神冶，瑩質良工。如珠出匣，似月停空。當眉寫翠，對臉傳紅。綺窗繡幌，俱含影中。
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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

	Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, ?-1995, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1995
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1995-present
	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, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 51, pp. 63, 107, 119
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	Cahill, Suzanne E. "The Moon Stopping in the Void: Daoism and the LIterati Ideal in Mirrors of the Tang Dynasty." .<em>Cleveland Studies in the History of Art</em> 9 (2005): 24-41.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 33, fig. 8
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079751

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