Mirror with Twin Dragons and Lotus Blossoms
1338
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Mirror with Twin Dragons and Lotus Blossoms, 1338. China, Shanxi province, Hezhong, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Bronze; diameter: 23.4 cm (9 3/16 in.); overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); rim: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.388 This intricate mirror was donated in honor of Sherman Lee, the museum's longest tenured director.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 23.4 cm (9 3/16 in.); Overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); Rim: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 河中府馬溝玉家自家門人監造白銅鏡 Translation: White mirror cast under the supervision of retainers from the house of Ma Gouyu in the prefecture of Hezhong. Inscription: 至元四年 Translation: Fourth Year of Zhiyuan
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1995.388
- Credit Line
- Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
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