id:			159155
accession number:	1995.344
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.344
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:28.913000

Octafoil Mirror with Riding Immortals and Rising Peaks, 600s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze; diameter: 12.2 cm (4 13/16 in.); overall: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.); rim: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.344

title:				Octafoil Mirror with Riding Immortals and Rising Peaks
title in original language:	神仙山岳菱花鏡
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creation date:			600s
creation date earliest:		600
creation date latest:		699
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creditline:			Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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culture:	China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Tang Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 12.2 cm (4 13/16 in.); Overall: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.); Rim: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
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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, 1995-present
	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. 62, pp. 70-71, 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. 29, fig. 3
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079751

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