id:			160949
accession number:	1999.217
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.217
updated:		2023-03-15 15:46:35.646000

Mirror with Flowers and Birds in Gold and Silver Cutouts over a Lacquer Base, mid-700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze with gold and silver cutouts; diameter: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.); overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1999.217

title:				Mirror with Flowers and Birds in Gold and Silver Cutouts over a Lacquer Base
title in original language:	金銀平脫花鳥鏡
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creation date:			mid-700s
creation date earliest:		725
creation date latest:		775
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creditline:			Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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culture:	China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique:	bronze with gold and silver cutouts
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Tang Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.); Overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); Rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
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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, ?-1999, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1999
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1999-present
	date: 1999-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Rare Chinese Paintings, Baroque Porcelain Plaque and Other New Acquisitions Exhibited with Hanging Scrolls,” December 20, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4305

	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. 61, pp. 69-70, 110, 126
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