Cruciform Mirror with Six Blossoms
960–1127
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Cruciform Mirror with Six Blossoms, 960–1127. China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Bronze; overall: 0.7 x 16.5 cm (1/4 x 6 1/2 in.); rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1999.222 Bronze mirrors were made in China from neolithic times until the Qing dynasty, when glass mirrors were brought to China from the West.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 0.7 x 16.5 cm (1/4 x 6 1/2 in.); Rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1999.222
- 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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