id:			159152
accession number:	1995.341
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.341
updated:		2023-03-15 15:46:23.784000

Mirror with Six Circular Flowers, 600s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze; diameter: 16.6 cm (6 9/16 in.); overall: 1.5 cm (9/16 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 1995.341

title:				Mirror with Six Circular Flowers
title in original language:	寶相花鏡
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			600s
creation date earliest:		600
creation date latest:		699
current location:		239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
creditline:			Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Tang Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 16.6 cm (6 9/16 in.); Overall: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); Rim: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	【】【】【】膽，知幽察微。珠慚朗潤，
月謝光輝。【】兵既弭，福慶斯歸。
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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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fun fact:
This mirror was made to commemorate the end of a war.

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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. 57, pp. 67, 108, 120
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	Chou, Ju-hsi, and Claudia Brown. <em>Clarity and Luster: New Light on Bronze Mirrors in Tang and Post-Tang Dynasty China, 600-1300 : Papers from a Symposium on the Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors at the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 2
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079750

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