id: 112308
accession number: 1930.731
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Monster Face: Door Ring Holder (Pushou), 500s. China, Henan province, Northern Dynasties period (386–581 CE). Gilt bronze; overall: 13.6 x 20 cm (5 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1930.731
title: Monster Face: Door Ring Holder (Pushou)
title in original language: 鋪首
series:
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creation date: 500s
creation date earliest: 500
creation date latest: 599
current location: 241B Arts of Ancient China
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:
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culture: China, Henan province, Northern Dynasties period (386–581 CE)
technique: gilt bronze
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Southern Dynasties
type: Metalwork
find spot:
catalogue raisonne:
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 13.6 x 20 cm (5 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00
Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
title: Images of the Mind
opening date: 1987-07-07T04:00:00
Images of the Mind. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Chinese Bronzes of the Shang (1766-1122 B.C.) Through the Tʻang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (October 19-November 27, 1938).', 'opening_date': '1938-10-19T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Golden Gate International Expositions. San Francisco, CA (1939).', 'opening_date': '1939-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Art in Asia and the West. San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA (October 28-December 1, 1957).', 'opening_date': '1957-10-28T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Masks: The Many Faces of Man. The Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (February 11-April 5,1959).', 'opening_date': '2011-02-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
said to be from Sung-Shan in Honan [Henan] Province, China
date:
footnotes:
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Kümmel, Otto. Jörg Trübner zum Gedächtnis. Ergebnisse seiner letzten chinesischen Reisen. Berlin: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1930. Mentioned p. 112, Tafel 57: "Angeblich auf dem Sung-shan, Honan, ausgegraben."
citations:
Jörg Trübner [1903–1930] acquired in China, to his brother-in-law, Edgar Worch
date: after 1925–by 1930
footnotes:
citations:
Edgar Worch [1880–1972], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?–1930
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citations:
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. 57, pp. 112–113
url:
Hollis, Howard C. “Two Chinese Bronzes.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 18, no. 4 (April 1931): 66–73.
page number: Reproduced: p. 72
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137378
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: Mentioned: cat. no. 334, p. 28
url: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll10/id/147054
Pacific Cultures, Department of Fine Arts, Division of Pacific Cultures. San Francisco: Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939.
page number: cat. no. 55
url:
Morley, Grace. Art in Asia and the West: An Exhibition to Illustrate Varied Aspects of Asian Traditions and Their Importance for Art in the West, San Francisco Museum of Art, October 28-December 1, 1957. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1957.
page number: cat. no. 16b
url:
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. 816
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n145
Masks: The Many Faces of Man : an Exhibition Presented by the Division of Art and Archaeology of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto Canada. Toronto: The Museum, 1959.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. E17
url:
Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964.
page number: Reproduced: p. 145, fig. no. 170
url:
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. 249
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n273
Christie, Anthony. Chinese Mythology. London: Hamlyn, 1968.
page number: Reproduced: p. 106
url:
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. 249
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n273
Bao Zunpeng xian sheng ji nian lun wen ji [包遵彭先生紀念論文集 = Essays on a Symposium in Memory of (Bao Zunpeng)]. Taibei: Guo li zhong yang tu shu guan 國立中央圖書館, 民國 60 [1971].
page number: Reproduced: p. 250, illus. B
url:
Weisberg, Gabriel P. and H. W. Janson. Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.
page number: cat. no. 101
url:
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. 328
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n348
Pearlstein, Elinor. “Pictorial Stones from Chinese Tombs.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 71, no. 9 (1984): 302–331.
page number: Reproduced: p. 308, fig. 11
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159885
Cleveland Museum of Art. Images of the Mind. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1987.
page number: Reproduced: [p. 10]
url:
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IMAGES
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