id:			159204
accession number:	1995.389
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.389
updated:		2025-04-16 18:18:09.550000

Mirror with a Pair of Phoenixes, 1100s. China, Song dynasty (960–1279). Bronze; diameter: 35.1 cm (13 13/16 in.); overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 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 1995.389

title:				Mirror with a Pair of Phoenixes
title in original language:	雙鳳鏡
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
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: 35.1 cm (13 13/16 in.); Overall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Zhang Zigao from Jinling
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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:		The Splendor of Chinese Silk – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
	opening date:   2018-02-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Splendor of Chinese Silk – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 5-August 12, 2018).

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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. 79, pp. 84, 109–110, 125
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	Spee, Clarissa von. "From the SIlk Road to the Imperial Court: Chinese Textiles in the Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>Arts of Asia</em> 48, no. 3 (May-June 2018): 50–56.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 52, fig. 3
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