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accession number: 1931.450
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Harpist, mid-700s. North China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Glazed earthenware; overall: 32.1 cm (12 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1931.450
title: Harpist
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creation date: mid-700s
creation date earliest: 740
creation date latest: 760
current location: 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
creditline: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture: North China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique: glazed earthenware
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Tang Dynasty
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 32.1 cm (12 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Exhibition of the Month: Music in Art
opening date: 1945-10-02T05:00:00
Exhibition of the Month: Music in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2, 1945-February 4, 1946).
title: Art: The International Language
opening date: 1956-10-02T04:00:00
Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982).
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PROVENANCE
(Robert Rousset [1901–1982], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1931
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1931–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Sirén, Osvald. :Stilentwicklung der Chinesischen Grabfguren." Wiener Beitrage in Kunst and Kultur Asiens, Band VI, 1931.
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Hollis, Howard C. “A T’ang Dynasty Tomb Figure.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 19, no. 1 (January 1932): 7–8 and 2.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 7–8; Reproduced: p. 2
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137441
Cox, Warren E. The Book of Pottery and Porcelain. New York: L. Lee and Shepard Co.; distributed by Crown Publishers, 1944.
page number: Reproduced: I, pl. 30
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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. 828
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n147
Ono, Katsutoshi 小野勝年. Chūgoku 4. Zui Tō [中国隋・唐 = China, 4. Sui and T'ang dynasties]. Tōkyō: Kadokawa Shoten, 1961.
page number: Reproduced
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Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964.
page number: Reproduced: p. 279, fig. no. 361
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Munro, Thomas. Oriental Aesthetics. Cleveland: Press of Western Reserve University, 1965.
page number: Reproduced: pl. V, facing p. 54
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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. 251
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n275
Aida, Yūji 会田雄次. Sekai rekishi shirīzu [世界歴史シリーズ]. vol. 7 Daitō no han'ei [大唐の繁栄 = The prosperity of the Great Tang]. Tōkyō: Sekai Bunkasha, 1968.
page number: Reproduced: p. 30
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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. 251
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n275
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. 332
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n352
Ancient Chinese Sculpture. London: Eskenazi, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 13
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Watson, William. L'art de l'ancienne Chine. Paris: Mazenod, 1979.
page number: Reproduced: colorplate no. 52 and pl. 409, p. 418
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Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1982.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 385, fig. 374
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Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 99, pp. 93 and 95
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Watson, William. Tang and Liao Ceramics. New York: Rizzoli, 1984.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 209
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Des Forges, Roger V., and John S. Major. The Asian World, 600-1500. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
page number: p. 19
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