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Collection Online as of January 26, 2021

Animal-and-Grape Mirror with a Variety of Birds

瑞獸珍禽葡萄鏡

late 600s

China, Tang dynasty

(618-907)

Bronze

Diameter: 13.9 cm (5 1/2 in.); Overall: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.); Rim: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.)

Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.355

Location

not on view

Provenance
?-1995
Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1995-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1995-present
Citations
Chou, Ju-hsi. Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. Reproduced: cat. no. 56, pp. 66, 108, 122
Exhibition history

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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