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Collection Online as of March 22, 2024

Mirror with Interlacing Floral Motifs and Twelve Zodiac Animals

Mirror with Interlacing Floral Motifs and Twelve Zodiac Animals

late 500s-early 600s
Diameter: 15.4 cm (6 1/16 in.); Overall: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.); Rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

Inscription: The mirror's light shows the man inside. May you live a long life and [constantly] renew yourself.
  • Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI
  • Chou, Ju-hsi. Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. Mentioned: cat. no. 46, pp. 60, 107, 119. Reproduced: p. 60, and pl. 5, p. 19
    Delacour, Catherine. La Voie du Tao: un Autre Chemin de L'être : Galeries Nationales, Grand Palais, 29 Mars-5 Juillet 2010. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2010. Reproduced: p. 124, cat. 7.1
    Chung, Anita. Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: July 27, 2013-January 26, 2014, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013. Reproduced: p. 22, fig. 5
  • Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000); China Institute Gallery, New York, NY (February 6-June 2, 2002); Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI (December 20, 2003-February 29, 2004).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1995.336