The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 29, 2024
Mirror with Serpentine Interlaces
early 500s–late 300s BCE
(770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
Diameter: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.); Overall: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.); Rim: 0.3 cm (1/8 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
The mirror was cast in a ceramic mold. The concave concentric circles were polished while the remainder of the cast design received no finishing.- Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI; (Daibutsu, San Francisco, 1991)
- 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); Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI (December 20, 2003-February 29, 2004).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17-November 26, 2000. "Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors" exh. cat. pp. 105, 111.
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1995.268