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Lobed Mirror with Paired Phoenixes and Auspicious Animals

Lobed Mirror with Paired Phoenixes and Auspicious Animals

700s
(618-907)
bronze
Diameter: 27.6 cm (10 7/8 in.); Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.350
Location: not on view
  • Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI
  • Chou, Ju-hsi. Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. Reproduced: cat. no. 65, pp. 72-73, 108, 121
    Wang, Eugene Y. "Mirror, Moon, and Memory in Eighth-Century China: From Dragon Pond to Lunar Palace." Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 9 (2005): 42-67. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 46, fig. 4 www.jstor.org
  • Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors. 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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