Octafoil Mirror with Two Immortals Crossing the Ocean
mid-900s–late 1200s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Octafoil Mirror with Two Immortals Crossing the Ocean, mid-900s–late 1200s. China, Song dynasty (960-1279). Bronze; diameter: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.); overall: 1 cm (3/8 in.); rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.378
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.); Overall: 1 cm (3/8 in.); Rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Made by the famous Zhou Yuan.
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1995.378
- 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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