Octafoil Mirror with Paired Phoenixes, Birds, and Flowers
late 700s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Octafoil Mirror with Paired Phoenixes, Birds, and Flowers, late 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze; diameter: 28.8 cm (11 5/16 in.); overall: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.); rim: 1 cm (3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.366
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 28.8 cm (11 5/16 in.); Overall: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.); Rim: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1995.366
- 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. 68, p. 75; pp. 109, 123; repr. p. 75, color repr. pl. 6, p. 20.<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
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