The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 21, 2024
Mirror with Deities and Animals in Concentric Circles
late 6th-early 7th century
(581-618)
Diameter: 33.4 cm (13 1/8 in.); Overall: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.); Rim: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
Inscription: The mirror's light shows the man inside. May you live a long life and [constantly] renew yourself.- 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. 47, pp. 60-61, 107-108, 120
- 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/1995.337