id:			160951
accession number:	1999.219
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.219
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:39.514000

Miniature Square Mirror, 581–618. China, Sui dynasty (581-618). Bronze; overall: 0.6 x 3.8 cm (1/4 x 1 1/2 in.); rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1999.219

title:				Miniature Square Mirror
title in original language:	方形掌中鏡
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creation date:			581–618
creation date earliest:		589
creation date latest:		618
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creditline:			Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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culture:	China, Sui dynasty (581-618)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Sui Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 0.6 x 3.8 cm (1/4 x 1 1/2 in.); Rim: 0.5 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: at. no. 48, pp. 61, 110, 126
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