id: 159146
accession number: 1995.336
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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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CREATORS
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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
Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors. 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. Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors. 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. La Voie du Tao: un Autre Chemin de L'être : Galeries Nationales, Grand Palais, 29 Mars-5 Juillet 2010. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2010.
page number: Reproduced: p. 124, cat. 7.1
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Chung, Anita. Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: July 27, 2013-January 26, 2014, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
page number: Reproduced: p. 22, fig. 5
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