id:			159178
accession number:	1995.365
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.365
updated:		2025-02-14 13:29:56.663000

Octafoil Mirror with Hunters and Prey, late 600s–early 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze; diameter: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.365

title:				Octafoil Mirror with Hunters and Prey
title in original language:	狩獵菱花鏡
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creation date:			late 600s–early 700s
creation date earliest:		675
creation date latest:		725
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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: 20 cm (7 7/8 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).

	title:		China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail
	opening date:   2022-12-10T05:00:00
	<i>China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Drs. 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. 63, pp. 71, 109, 123
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	Yen, Chuan-Ying. "The Decorative Motifs on Tang Dynasty Mirrors." <em>Cleveland Studies in the History of Art </em>9 (2005): 1-23.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 8, fig. 16
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079750

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