id: 112307
accession number: 1930.730
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updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:18.575000
Finial, 475–221 BCE. China, Henan province, Jincun, Warring States period (475–221 BCE). Bronze inlaid with gold and silver; overall: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1930.730
title: Finial
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creation date: 475–221 BCE
creation date earliest: -475
creation date latest: -221
current location: 241A Arts of Ancient China
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: China, Henan province, Jincun, Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
technique: bronze inlaid with gold and silver
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Zhou Dynasty
type: Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition
opening date: 1936-06-26T04:00:00
The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: Chinese Art of Late Eastern Chou Dynasty
opening date: 1962-11-13T05:00:00
Chinese Art of Late Eastern Chou Dynasty. Chinese Art Society of America, New York, NY (organizer) (November 13-December 11, 1962).
title: East-West in Art
opening date: 1966-06-22T04:00:00
East-West in Art. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN.
title: Animal Style in Nomadic Asia
opening date: 1970-01-14T05:00:00
Animal Style in Nomadic Asia. Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (organizer) (January 14-March 15, 1970); Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (April 2-May 31, 1970); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (June 15-July 30, 1970).
title: Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia
opening date: 1990-07-24T04:00:00
Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 25, 1990).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Edgar Worch Collection of Antique Chinese Art. Fifty-Sixth Street Gallery, Inc., New York, NY (1930).', 'opening_date': '1930-01-01T05:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'International Exhibition of Chinese Art. Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England (November 28, 1935-March 7, 1936).', 'opening_date': '1935-11-28T05:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Exhibition of Chinese Bronzes. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (October 19-November 27, 1938).', 'opening_date': '1938-10-19T05:00:00Z'}
* {'description': "La Découverte de l'Asie: Hommage à René Grousset. Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France (May 14-July 31, 1954).", 'opening_date': '1954-05-14T04:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'The Age of Bronze. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 13-October 17, 1982).', 'opening_date': '1982-07-13T04:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
said to be from Hsin-hsiang in Northern Honan [Henan] Province, China
date:
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Jörg Trübner [1903–1930] acquired in China, to his brother-in-law, Edgar Worch
date: after 1925–by 1930
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(Edgar Worch [1880–1972], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1930
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1930–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Kümmel, Otto. Jörg Trübner zum Gedächtnis. Ergebnisse seiner letzten chinesischen Reisen. Berlin: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1930.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. 47, pp. 94–95
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Hollis, Howard C. “Two Chinese Bronzes.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 18, no. 4 (April 1931): 66–73.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 70–71
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137378
Spendlove, F. St. George, ed. Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-6. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1935.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 387, p. 29, 38
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Catalogue of the Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition: June Twenty-Sixth to October Fourth 1936. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1936.
page number: no. 383
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The Chinese Exhibition; A Commemorative Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, November 1935-March 1936. London: Faber and Faber, 1936.
page number: no. 387
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Chinese Bronzes of the Shang (1766-1122 B.C.) Through the Tʻang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906); An Exhibition Lent by American Collectors and Museums and Shown in Gallery D6 from October 19 Through November 27, 1938. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1938.
page number: no. 177
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La découverte de l'Asie. [Exposition] hommage à René Grousset. Paris: Musée Cernuschi, 1954.
page number: no. 409
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 803
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n143
Bunker, Emmy Cadwalader. The Art of Eastern Chou, 772-221 B.C.: A Loan Exhibition [the China House, Nov. 13-Dec. 15, 1962]. New York, NY: Chinese Art Society of America, 1962.
page number: no. 7
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 246
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n270
Bowie, Theodore Robert. East-West in Art: Patterns of Cultural & Aesthetic Relationships. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1966.
page number: no. 134
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 246
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n270
Bunker, Emma C., Bruce Chatwin, and Ann E. Farkas. Animal Style Art from East to West [Catalogue of an Exhibition]. New York: Asia Society; Distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1970.
page number: no. 74
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 326
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n346
Wilson, J. Keith. "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 8 (1990): 286-323.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 293, 314, cat. no. 9
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161297
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 9
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n24
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