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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Mirror with Three Dragons

200s BCE

China, Eastern Zhou dynasty

(770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
bronze
Diameter: 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.); Overall: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.280
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1994
    (Ming Gallery, Hong Kong, sold to Thomas and Martha Carter)
    1994–1995
    Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1995–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Chou, Ju-hsi. Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. Reproduced: p. 28, cat. no. 7; Mentioned: pp. 28-29; pp. 105, 112-113
    Juliano, Annette L. "Preliminary Thoughts on the Restructuring of the Realm of the Spirits: Zoomorphs, Fantastic, and Hybrid Creatures (Seventh Century BCE to Sixth Century CE)." In How Objects Tell Stories: Essays in Honor of Emma C. Bunker. Katheryn M.Linduff, and Karen Sydney Rubinson, 27–49. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, 2018. Mentioned: P. 15; Reproduced: P. 40, fig. 4
    Li, Kin Sum. Bronze Mirrors in Ancient China: Artistry and Technique. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2025. Reproduced: p. 199, fig. 75
  • 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 in America, New York, NY (February 6-June 2, 2002); Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI (December 20, 2003-February 29, 2004).
  • {{cite web|title=Mirror with Three Dragons|url=false|author=|year=200s BCE|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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