id:			159219
accession number:	1995.401
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.401
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:29.282000

Mirror with Handle, Decorated with "Double Happiness" and Five Bats, c. 1800. Workshop of Tang Wanheng (Chinese, active c. 1800). Brass; diameter: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); overall: 0.6 cm (1/4 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 1995.401

title:				Mirror with Handle, Decorated with "Double Happiness" and Five Bats
title in original language:	雙喜五福帶柄鏡
series:				
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creation date:			c. 1800
creation date earliest:		1790
creation date latest:		1810
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creditline:			Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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culture:	China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique:	brass
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Qing Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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CREATORS

* Tang Wanheng (Chinese, active c. 1800)  - artist

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measurements: Diameter: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); Overall: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.); Rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	雙喜， 湯萬亨
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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).

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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. 92, pp. 95–96, 110, 126; Reproduced: pp. 8, 22, 95
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