id:			159192
accession number:	1995.378
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.378
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:29.121000

Octafoil Mirror with Two Immortals Crossing the Ocean, mid-900s–late 1200s. China, Song dynasty (960-1279). Bronze; diameter: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.); overall: 1 cm (3/8 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 1995.378

title:				Octafoil Mirror with Two Immortals Crossing the Ocean
title in original language:	渡海二仙菱花鏡
series:				
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creation date:			mid-900s–late 1200s
creation date earliest:		960
creation date latest:		1279
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Song dynasty (960-1279)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Song Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.); Overall: 1 cm (3/8 in.); Rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Made by the famous Zhou Yuan.
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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:		Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art (Chinese art rotation)
	opening date:   2022-05-13T04:00:00
	<i>Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art (Chinese art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13-November 6, 2022).

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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: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 82, pp. 86–87, 109, 124; Reproduced: p. 86
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