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Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Animal-and-Grape Mirror

late 600s

China, Tang dynasty

(618-907)
bronze
Diameter: 14.8 cm (5 13/16 in.); Overall: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); Rim: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.353
Location: 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
  • ?-1995
    Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1995-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Carter, Martha L. “Three Silver Vessels from Tibet’s Earliest Historical Era: A Preliminary Study.” Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 3 (1998): 22–47. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 32, fig. 10 www.jstor.org
    Chou, Ju-hsi. Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. Reproduced: cat. no. 55, pp. 65-66, 108, 121-122
  • 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=Animal-and-Grape Mirror|url=false|author=|year=late 600s|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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