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Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Mirror with Deities and Animals in Concentric Circles

late 500s–early 600s

China, Sui dynasty

(581-618)
bronze
Diameter: 33.4 cm (13 1/8 in.); Overall: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.); Rim: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.337
Location: Not on view

Description

Inscription: The mirror's light shows the man inside. May you live a long life and [constantly] renew yourself.
  • ?–1995
    Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1995–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • 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 in America, New York, NY (February 6-June 2, 2002); Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI (December 20, 2003-February 29, 2004).
  • {{cite web|title=Mirror with Deities and Animals in Concentric Circles|url=false|author=|year=late 500s–early 600s|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1995.337