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Mirror with Three Dragons

三龍鏡

200s BC

China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (771-256 BC), Warring States period

(475-221 BC)

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

Provenance
?-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
Citations
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
Exhibition history

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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