id: 159179
accession number: 1995.366
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Octafoil Mirror with Paired Phoenixes, Birds, and Flowers, late 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze; diameter: 28.8 cm (11 5/16 in.); overall: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.); rim: 1 cm (3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.366
title: Octafoil Mirror with Paired Phoenixes, Birds, and Flowers
title in original language: 雙鳳花鳥菱花鏡
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creation date: late 700s
creation date earliest: 775
creation date latest: 799
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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: 28.8 cm (11 5/16 in.); Overall: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.); Rim: 1 cm (3/8 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
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
* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17-November 26, 2000. "Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors" exh. cat. no. 68, p. 75; pp. 109, 123; repr. p. 75, color repr. pl. 6, p. 20.', 'opening_date': '2000-09-17T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'New York, New York: China Institute Gallery; February 6, 2002-June 2, 2002. "Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors".', 'opening_date': '2002-02-06T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Madison, Wisconsin: Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison; December 20, 2003-February 29, 2004. "Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors".', 'opening_date': '2003-12-20T00:00:00'}
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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. Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
page number: Reproduced: p. 20, cat. no. 68
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Cahill, Suzanne E. "The Moon Stopping in the Void: Daoism and the LIterati Ideal in Mirrors of the Tang Dynasty." .Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 9 (2005): 24-41.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 25, fig. 1
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079751
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