Octafoil Mirror with Lunar Palace
early 1100s–mid-1200s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Octafoil Mirror with Lunar Palace, early 1100s–mid-1200s. China, Jin dynasty (1115-1234). Bronze; diameter: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.); overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 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 1995.375
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.); Overall: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); Rim: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1995.375
- 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, Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art (Chinese art rotation)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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