id:			159149
accession number:	1995.339
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updated:		2025-02-09 05:17:06.956000

Mirror with Four Spirits, 581–618. China, Sui dynasty (581-618). Bronze; diameter: 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.); overall: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.339

title:				Mirror with Four Spirits
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creation date:			581–618
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: 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.); Overall: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); Rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	The immortal peaks rise as twins.
The wise river now has a rival.
Morning flowers are made bright and charming.
At night, its light reflects the moon.
The dragon coils around the jade disc.
A pair of fabulous birds dance in harmony.
It is said the Renshou era
Was when the war began to end. 

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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: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 49, pp. 61-62, 108, 120
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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. 30, fig. 4
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079751

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