id:			159146
accession number:	1995.336
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.336
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:28.861000

Mirror with Interlacing Floral Motifs and Twelve Zodiac Animals, late 500s-early 600s. China, Sui dynasty (581-618). Bronze; diameter: 15.4 cm (6 1/16 in.); overall: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.); rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.336

title:				Mirror with Interlacing Floral Motifs and Twelve Zodiac Animals
title in original language:	纏枝花十二生肖鏡
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creation date:			late 500s-early 600s
creation date earliest:		581
creation date latest:		618
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creditline:			Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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culture:	China, Sui dynasty (581-618)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Sui Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 15.4 cm (6 1/16 in.); Overall: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
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	inscription:	光正隨人，長命宜新。
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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: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 46, pp. 60, 107, 119. Reproduced: p. 60, and pl. 5, p. 19
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	Delacour, Catherine.<em> La Voie du Tao: un Autre Chemin de L'être : Galeries Nationales, Grand Palais, 29 Mars-5 Juillet 2010</em>. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2010.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 124, cat. 7.1
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	Chung, Anita. <em>Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: July 27, 2013-January 26, 2014, the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 22, fig. 5
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