id: 159189 accession number: 1995.375 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.375 updated: 2025-06-27 11:13:15.251000 Octafoil Mirror with Lunar Palace, early 1100s–mid-1200s. China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Bronze; diameter: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.); overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 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 1995.375 title: Octafoil Mirror with Lunar Palace title in original language: 月宮鏡 series: series in original language: creation date: early 1100s–mid-1200s creation date earliest: 1115 creation date latest: 1234 current location: creditline: Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee copyright: --- culture: China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234) technique: bronze department: Chinese Art collection: China - Jin Dynasty type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.); Overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); Rim: 0.8 cm (5/16 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). title: Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art opening date: 2022-05-13T04:00:00 Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13-November 6, 2022). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–1995 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1995– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: 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: Mentioned: cat. no. 83, pp. 87–88, 109, 124; Reproduced: p. 87 url: Wang, Eugene Y. "Mirror, Moon, and Memory in Eighth-Century China: From Dragon Pond to Lunar Palace." Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 9 (2005): 42-67. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 62, fig. 16 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079751 Kim, Yŏng-wŏn. Miguk Met'ŭrop'ollit'an misulgwan sojang Han'guk munhwajae [미국 메트로폴리탄 미술관 소장 한국 문화재 = Korean art collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, U.S.A]. Haeoe Sojae Munhwajae Chosa. Taejŏn: Kungnip munhwajae yŏn'guso = National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, 2012. page number: p. 077, fig. 161 url: Sin, Myŏng-hŭi, and Kwang-sŏp Kim. Sam kwa yesul sok ch'ŏngdong iyagi 삶 과 예술 속 청동 이야기 = Bronze in life and art]. Ch’ungch’ŏng-bukto Ch’ŏngju-si : Kungnip Ch’ŏngju Pangmulgwan, 2016. page number: p. 152, fig. 116 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.375/1995.375_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.375/1995.375_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.375/1995.375_full.tif