Mirror with Four T's
300s BC
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Mirror with Four T's, 300s BC. China, Warring States period (475-221 BC). Bronze; diameter: 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.); rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.281 The prominent T's on this mirror represent four gates in Chinese mythology that relate to transformation.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 10.4 cm (4 1/8 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1995.281
- Credit Line
- Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
- Exhibitions
- Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors, Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17-November 26, 2000. "Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors" exh. cat. no. 2, p. 25; pp. 105, 113; repr. p. 25.<br><br>New York, New York: China Institute Gallery; February 6, 2002-June 2, 2002. "Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors".<br><br>Madison, Wisconsin: Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison; December 20, 2003-February 29, 2004. "Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors".
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 241A Arts of Ancient China
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