The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 17, 2024
Mirror with Deities and Animals Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles
175–225 CE
(25–220 CE)
Diameter: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.); Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); Rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
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 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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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1995.326