id: 117940
accession number: 1938.9
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Cranes and Serpents, 475–221 BCE. China, reportedly from Hunan province, Changsha, Warring States period (475–221 BCE), State of Chu (c. 1046–223 BCE). Lacquered wood with polychromy; overall: 132.1 x 124.5 cm (52 x 49 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.9
title: Cranes and Serpents
title in original language: 蛇座鳳鳥鼓架
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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, reportedly from Hunan province, Changsha, Warring States period (475–221 BCE), State of Chu (c. 1046–223 BCE)
technique: lacquered wood with polychromy
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Zhou Dynasty
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 132.1 x 124.5 cm (52 x 49 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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Survey of Early Chinese Art. Yamanaka & Co., New York, NY (January 1938).', 'opening_date': '1938-01-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Mr. Umekichi Asano [1877-1960], Ōsaka, Japan)
date: 1934 or later-before 1938
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(Yamanaka and Company, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1938
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1938-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Umehara Sueji 梅原末治 and Mizuno Seiichi 水野清一. "Wooden Cranes and Snakes, decorated with Lacquer, said to have been discovered in Chang-sha, China" [傳長沙出土の漆畫雙鶴雙蛇に就いて]. Bijutsu Kenkyū [美術硏究 = Journal of the Japanese Art History Society] no. 72 (December 1937), pp. 487-491.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 489, 490, pl. V-VII
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“Accessions.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 25, no. 2, 1938, pp. 29–32.
page number: Mentioned: p. 30
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25137905
Hollis, Howard C. “Cranes and Serpents.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 25, no. 8, 1938, pp. 147–151, 159.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: pp. 147-151 and 159
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137954
Morgan, Whitney. “Museum Accessions.” Parnassus, vol. 11, no. 1, 1939, pp. 37–41.
page number: Reproduced: p. 37
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