Square Mirror with Two Phoenixes and Floral Sprays
960–1127
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Square Mirror with Two Phoenixes and Floral Sprays, 960–1127. China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Bronze; overall: 0.8 x 16.2 cm (5/16 x 6 3/8 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 1995.374 The Chinese phoenix is known as Fenghuang, mythological birds in East Asian mythology that reign over all other birds.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 0.8 x 16.2 cm (5/16 x 6 3/8 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1995.374
- 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. 77, pp. 82-83; pp. 109, 124; repr. p. 82, color repr. pl. 7, p. 21.<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
- 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
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