Chinese mirrors. (Current and Coming).(China Institute Gallery, New York, New York)(Brief Article)

From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: March 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

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 ...

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