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159179
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Octafoil Mirror with Paired Phoenixes, Birds, and Flowers
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159179
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object
title
Octafoil Mirror with Paired Phoenixes, Birds, and Flowers
date
late 700s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79978396
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Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 28.8 cm (11 5/16 in.); Overall: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.); Rim: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
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China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
accession
1995.366
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bronze
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Octafoil Mirror with Paired Phoenixes, Birds, and Flowers (雙鳳花鳥菱花鏡), late 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze; diameter: 28.8 cm (11 5/16 in.); overall: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.); rim: 1 cm (3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee, 1995.366
titleInOriginalLanguage
雙鳳花鳥菱花鏡
collection
China - Tang Dynasty
citations
citation
Chou, Ju-hsi. <em>Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 20, cat. no. 68
citation
Cahill, Suzanne E. "The Moon Stopping in the Void: Daoism and the LIterati Ideal in Mirrors of the Tang Dynasty." .<em>Cleveland Studies in the History of Art</em> 9 (2005): 24-41.
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Mentioned and reproduced: P. 25, fig. 1
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Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
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2026-05-29 08:14:50.222000
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159179
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Chinese Art
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China - Tang Dynasty
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bronze
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