id:			117454
accession number:	1938.12
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.12
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:33.976000

Figure with Sword, 400–300 BCE. China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE). Wood with traces of polychromy; overall: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.12

title:				Figure with Sword
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creation date:			400–300 BCE
creation date earliest:		-400
creation date latest:		-200
current location:		
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
technique:	wood with traces of polychromy
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Zhou Dynasty
type:		Sculpture
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catalogue raisonne: 

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measurements: Overall: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Masterworks of Wood: China and Japan
	opening date:   1976-11-04T05:00:00
	<i>Masterworks of Wood: China and Japan</i>. Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (organizer) (November 4-December 5, 1976); Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (January 13-March 27, 1977).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Donald Jenkins, Masterworks in Wood: China and Japan (exh. cat., New York, Asia House Gallery and Portland (Ore.) Art Museum, 1976), pl. 4', 'opening_date': '1976-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	
	page number: 	Reproduced
	url:		

	<em> Art News</em>, January 15, 1938, p. 12.
	page number: 	p. 12
	url:		

	Consten, Eleanor von Erdberg. <em>Das Alte China</em>. Stuttgart: G. Kilpper, 1958.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pl. 66
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	Sotheby's, New York. <em>Important Chinese Sculpture Sold for the Benefit of the J.T. Tai Foundation</em>. 3 June 1985.
	page number: 	Mentioned: Lot 26 (comparative material)
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