The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 22, 2023

Mirror with Four Nipples, Dragons, and Tigers

四乳龍虎鏡

1st century BC

China, Western Han dynasty

(202 BC-AD 9)

Bronze

Diameter: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); Overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); Rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)

Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.300

Location

not on view

Provenance
?-1995
Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1995-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Chou, Ju-hsi. Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. Reproduced: p. 40, cat. no. 21; Mentioned: pp. 106, 115
Exhibition history

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).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1995.300