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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Mirror with Quatrefoil, Paired Phoenixes, and Auspicious Animals

221–316 CE

China, Three Kingdoms

(221–280 CE)–Western Jin dynasty (265–316 CE)
bronze
Diameter: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.); Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.317
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. 37, pp. 51, 107, 117
  • 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).
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