Medium:

Cast bronze

Dimensions:

Diam x D: 21.5 x 1.2 cm (8 7/16 x 1/2 in)

Type:

Mirror

Origin:

China

Date:

first half of the 8th century

Period:

Mid-Tang dynasty

Provenance:

To 1938

R.A. Bidwell, Springfield, Massachusetts. [1]

From 1938

Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from R.A. Bidwell, Springfield, Massachusetts. [2]

Notes:

[1] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Center of the World: China and the Silk Road (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

Silk Road Exhibition (August 18 to December 25, 2011)

Silk Road Luxuries from China (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)

Personal Luxuries in Early China (July 7, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)

Chinese Art (March 15, 1982 to June 15, 1982)

Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork and Painting, East Corridor (February 15, 1955 to August 26, 1955)

Special Mirror Exhibition (November 16, 1954 to February 25, 1955)

Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, Pottery, and Painting (March 23, 1944 to May 2, 1946)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Metalwork, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to March 23, 1944)

Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944)

Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)

Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)

Previous custodian or owner:

R. A. Bidwell

Topic:

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Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1938.8

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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