id: 159173
accession number: 1995.360
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Lobed Mirror with Six Blossoms, mid-600s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze; diameter: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.); overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.360
title: Lobed Mirror with Six Blossoms
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creation date: mid-600s
creation date earliest: 625
creation date latest: 675
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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: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.); Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 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
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, 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. Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 58, pp. 67–68; pp. 108, 122
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Yen, Chuan-Ying. "The Decorative Motifs on Tang Dynasty Mirrors." Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 9 (2005): 1-23.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 3, fig. 4
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079750
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