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Collection Online as of March 20, 2023

Cruciform Mirror with Six Blossoms

亞字形纏枝六花鏡

960–1127

China, Northern Song dynasty

(960-1127)

Bronze

Overall: 0.7 x 16.5 cm (1/4 x 6 1/2 in.); Rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)

Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1999.222

Location

239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork

Fun Fact

Bronze mirrors were made in China from neolithic times until the Qing dynasty, when glass mirrors were brought to China from the West.

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. 78, pp. 83-84, 110, 127
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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