id:			162317
accession number:	2002.5
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2002.5
updated:		2023-03-15 15:46:44.947000

Mirror with Jade Disk Inset, 475 BC-9 AD. China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (771-256 BC), late Warring States period (475-221 BC) - early Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Bronze with nephrite and turquoise; diameter: 15.3 cm (6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of various donors to the department of Chinese art (by exchange) 2002.5

title:				Mirror with Jade Disk Inset
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creation date:			475 BC-9 AD
creation date earliest:		-475
creation date latest:		9
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creditline:			Gift of various donors to the department of Chinese art (by exchange)
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culture:	China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (771-256 BC), late Warring States period (475-221 BC) - early Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9)
technique:	bronze with nephrite and turquoise
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Han Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 15.3 cm (6 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 4, 2003-July 22, 2003).

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PROVENANCE

	(Delicate House - Chinese Curios, Hong Kong, ?-2002, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-2002
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2002-present
	date: 2002-
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wall description:
Mirrors with a jade disk inset are perhaps the rarest of all known bronze mirrors in China. This object's conception was unquestionably aristocratic, and it was meticulously and exquisitely crafted. Aided by the skillful carving of its surface, the nephrite here exhibits a subtle luminosity. The disk features within the inner circle a pair of phoenixes and in the outer ring a set of four oxen masks having extended and interlocking horns-motifs often seen in jades of the late Warring States period and early Western Han dynasty. Consequently, this mirror has been dated to that span of time.
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