id:			159180
accession number:	1995.367
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.367
updated:		2023-12-05 11:50:22.806000

Mirror with a Coiling Dragon, 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze; diameter: 10.2 cm (4 in.); overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 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 1995.367

title:				Mirror with a Coiling Dragon
title in original language:	盤龍鏡
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creation date:			700s
creation date earliest:		700
creation date latest:		799
current location:		239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
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: 10.2 cm (4 in.); Overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 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
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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. 72, pp. 78, 109, 123
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	Wang, Eugene Y. "Mirror, Moon, and Memory in Eighth-Century China: From Dragon Pond to Lunar Palace." <em>Cleveland Studies in the History of Art </em>9 (2005): 42-67.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 43, fig. 2
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079751

	Ebrey, Patricia Buckley. <em>Accumulating Culture: The Collections of Emperor Huizong</em>. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 194, fig. 6.33
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	Quette, Béatrice. <em>Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties</em>. New York: Bard Graduate Center, 2011.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 132, fig. 7.3
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