id:			159182
accession number:	1995.369
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.369
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Lobed Mirror with a Tortoise Knob, Musician, and Phoenix, late 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze; diameter: 21.6 cm (8 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 1995.369

title:				Lobed Mirror with a Tortoise Knob, Musician, and Phoenix
title in original language:	真子飛霜葵花鏡
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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
copyright:			

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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: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.); Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	鳳凰雙鏡南金裝。陰陽各為配，日月恒相會。白玉芙蓉匣，翠羽瓊瑤帶。同心人，心相親，照心照膽保千春。
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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's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
	opening date:   2023-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).

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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. <em>Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 70, pp. 76-77, 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. 56, fig. 12
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079751

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