The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Mirror with Deities and Animals Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles

175–225 CE

China, Eastern Han dynasty

(25–220 CE)
bronze
Diameter: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 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 1995.326
Location: Not on view

Description

Inscription: I made this bright mirror by refining the three metals. Then I sculpted infinite forms.
  • 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. 39, pp. 53-54, 107, 118
  • 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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