id:			160955
accession number:	1999.222
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.222
updated:		2023-03-15 15:46:35.688000

Cruciform Mirror with Six Blossoms, 960–1127. China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Bronze; overall: 0.7 x 16.5 cm (1/4 x 6 1/2 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 1999.222

title:				Cruciform Mirror with Six Blossoms
title in original language:	亞字形纏枝六花鏡
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creation date:			960–1127
creation date earliest:		960
creation date latest:		1127
current location:		239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
creditline:			Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Song Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 0.7 x 16.5 cm (1/4 x 6 1/2 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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fun fact:
Bronze mirrors were made in China from neolithic times until the Qing dynasty, when glass mirrors were brought to China from the West.

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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. 78, pp. 83-84, 110, 127
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