Double-tier Mirror
300s BC
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Double-tier Mirror, 300s BC. China, Warring States period (475-221 BC). Bronze; diameter: 7.6 cm (3 in.); overall: 0.8 cm (5/16 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 1999.220 This luxury object consists of two different layers: a reflective disc with a central knob on the back, and a ring with openwork serpent designs.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 7.6 cm (3 in.); Overall: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1999.220
- 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. 4, pp. 26-27; pp. 110, 127; repr. p. 26, color repr. pl. 1, p. 15.<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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