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Collection Online as of January 22, 2021

Octafoil Mirror with Two Immortals Crossing the Ocean

渡海二仙菱花鏡

mid-900s-late 1200s

China, Song dynasty

(960-1279)

Bronze

Diameter: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.); Overall: 1 cm (3/8 in.); Rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)

Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.378

Location

not on view

Description

Inscription: Made by the famous Zhou Yuan.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Made by the famous Zhou Yuan.

Provenance
?-1995
Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, ?-1995, 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. 82, pp. 86-87, 109, 124
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).

Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1995.378