id:			119880
accession number:	1940.691
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.691
updated:		2023-03-07 15:13:38.788000

Shoulao (The God of Longevity), c. 1580–1644. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Ivory; overall: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.691

title:				Shoulao (The God of Longevity)
title in original language:	壽老
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creation date:			c. 1580–1644
creation date earliest:		1580
creation date latest:		1644
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creditline:			Bequest of James Parmelee
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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique:	ivory
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Ming Dynasty
type:		Ivory
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measurements: Overall: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Chinese Ivories: from the Shang to the Qing
	opening date:   1984-05-24T04:00:00
	<i>Chinese Ivories: from the Shang to the Qing</i>. The British Museum, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (May 24-August 19, 1984).

	title:		Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China
	opening date:   1988-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 10, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	James Parmelee [1855–1931], Cleveland, OH and Washington, DC, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1940
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1940–
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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M., Henry S. Francis, Howard Hollis, Gertrude Underhill, Silvia A. Wunderlich, and Nell G. Sill. “The Bequest of James Parmelee.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 28, no. 2 (February 1941): 15–31.
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	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25140904

	Watson, William. ed. <em>Chinese Ivories: From the Shang to the Qing: an Exhibition</em>. [London]: The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1984.
	page number: 	no. 96, p. 95
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	Little, Stephen. <em>Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China: the Cleveland Museum of Art, February 10-April 10, 1988</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1988.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 13, pp. 41–42, p. 21, color pl. 13
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