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Collection Online as of March 28, 2023

Mirror with Flowers and Birds in Gold and Silver Cutouts over a Lacquer Base

金銀平脫花鳥鏡

mid-700s

China, Tang dynasty

(618-907)

Bronze with gold and silver cutouts

Diameter: 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.); Overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); Rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)

Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1999.217

Location

not on view

Provenance
?-1999
Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, ?-1999, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1999-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1999-present
Citations
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Rare Chinese Paintings, Baroque Porcelain Plaque and Other New Acquisitions Exhibited with Hanging Scrolls,” December 20, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
Chou, Ju-hsi. Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. Reproduced: cat. no. 61, pp. 69-70, 110, 126
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://www.clevelandart.org/art/1999.217