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Chinese mirrors. (Current and Coming).(China Institute Gallery, New York, New York)(Brief Article)
In a noteworthy accomplishment, Thomas Lynn Carter and his wife, Martha Limback Carter, have assembled a collection of 143 Chinese bronze mirrors that span nearly twenty-five hundred years. Not only chronologically wide-ranging, the collection also represents a variety of production techniques, alloy compositions, and patinations. Among the techniques used to fashion the mirrors were mold casting, cire-perdue (lost-wax), and a complex method known as jinyin pingtuo, which involves gold and silver on a lacquer base. The Carters donated their collection to the Cleveland Museum of Art in honor of Sherman E. Lee, its former director, in two installments in 1995 and 1999. A selection of ninety-two of the mirrors is on view at the China Institute Gallery in New York City until June 2. The show is entitled Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors.
All but a few of the mirrors are circular and lack handles. They feature a highly polished reflective surface on one side and relief ornament on the other. A perforated knob is generally found in the center, through which a ribbon or tassel may have been threaded. The earliest examples date to the Warring States period (475 -221 B.C.) and the latest from the Qing dynasty (1644-1912).
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