id:			159147
accession number:	1995.337
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.337
updated:		2025-08-08 00:44:51.123000

Mirror with Deities and Animals in Concentric Circles, late 500s–early 600s. China, Sui dynasty (581-618). Bronze; diameter: 33.4 cm (13 1/8 in.); overall: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.); rim: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.337

title:				Mirror with Deities and Animals in Concentric Circles
title in original language:	重圈神獸鏡
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creation date:			late 500s–early 600s
creation date earliest:		581
creation date latest:		618
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
copyright:			

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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: 33.4 cm (13 1/8 in.); Overall: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.); Rim: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	The mirror's light shows the man inside./
May you live a long life and [constantly] 
renew yourself.
	translation:	
	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

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PROVENANCE

	Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1995
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	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. 47, pp. 60-61, 107-108, 120
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