id: 159188 accession number: 1995.374 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.374 updated: 2023-04-26 11:23:57.292000 Square Mirror with Two Phoenixes and Floral Sprays, 960–1127. China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Bronze; overall: 0.8 x 16.2 cm (5/16 x 6 3/8 in.); rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.374 title: Square Mirror with Two Phoenixes and Floral Sprays title in original language: 雙鳳花枝方鏡 series: series in original language: creation date: 960–1127 creation date earliest: 960 creation date latest: 1127 current location: 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork creditline: Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee copyright: --- culture: China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) technique: bronze department: Chinese Art collection: China - Song Dynasty type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 0.8 x 16.2 cm (5/16 x 6 3/8 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * 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. 77, pp. 82-83; pp. 109, 124; repr. p. 82, color repr. pl. 7, p. 21. * New York, New York: China Institute Gallery; February 6, 2002-June 2, 2002. "Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors". * 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". --- PROVENANCE Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The Chinese phoenix is known as Fenghuang, mythological birds in East Asian mythology that reign over all other birds. digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- 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. 21, cat. no. 77 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.374/1995.374_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.374/1995.374_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.374/1995.374_full.tif