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Octafoil Mirror with Paired Phoenixes, Birds, and Flowers

雙鳳花鳥菱花鏡

late 700s

China, Tang dynasty

(618-907)

Bronze

Diameter: 28.8 cm (11 5/16 in.); Overall: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.); Rim: 1 cm (3/8 in.)

Weight: 2.74 kg (6.04 lbs.)

Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.366

Location

not on view

Provenance

Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI

Citations

Chou, Ju-hsi. Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. Reproduced: p. 20, cat. no. 68

Cahill, Suzanne E. "The Moon Stopping in the Void: Daoism and the LIterati Ideal in Mirrors of the Tang Dynasty." .Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 9 (2005): 24-41. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 25, fig. 1 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17-November 26, 2000. "Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors" exh. cat. no. 68, p. 75; pp. 109, 123; repr. p. 75, color repr. pl. 6, p. 20.

New York, New York: China Institute Gallery; February 6, 2002-June 2, 2002. "Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors".

Madison, Wisconsin: Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison; December 20, 2003-February 29, 2004. "Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors".

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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Octafoil Mirror with Paired Phoenixes, Birds, and Flowers

雙鳳花鳥菱花鏡

China, Tang dynasty

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