id: 126726
accession number: 1949.156
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Alms Bowl, c. 900s. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Gilt bronze; overall: 12.8 x 23.8 cm (5 1/16 x 9 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1949.156
title: Alms Bowl
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creation date: c. 900s
creation date earliest: 895
creation date latest: 905
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
technique: gilt bronze
department: Japanese Art
collection: Japanese Art
type: Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 12.8 x 23.8 cm (5 1/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Japanese Decorative Style
opening date: 1961-08-30T04:00:00
Japanese Decorative Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 30-October 15, 1961); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (November 9-December 17, 1961).
title: Japanese Arts of the Heian Period
opening date: 1967-10-05T04:00:00
Japanese Arts of the Heian Period. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (October 5, 1967-February 19, 1968).
title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017
opening date: 2017-01-09T05:00:00
Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 9-July 10, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Japanese Arts of the Heian Period: 794-1185. Asia House Gallery, New York City, NY (October 5-December 17, 1967) and Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (January 17-February 25, 1968).', 'opening_date': '1967-10-05T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Hollis & Company, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1949
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1949-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Milliken, William M. “Important Acquisitions of Japanese Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 38, no. 9, 1951, pp. 211–217.
page number: Mentioned: p. 212
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141741
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. 904
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n159
Lee, Sherman E. Japanese Decorative Style. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 19
url: https://archive.org/details/JapaneseDecorativeStyle/page/n31
Feddersen, Martin. Japanese Decorative Art, A Handbook for Collectors and Connoisseurs. London: Faber and Faber, 1962.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 76
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Rosenfield, John M. Japanese Arts of the Heian Period, 794-1185. [New York]: Asia Society, 1967.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 92 and 123, cat. no. 41
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Grossman, Nancy, James T. Ulak, Marjorie Williams, and Laurence Channing. Art of Japan: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 23
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Vilbar, Sinéad. "The Japanese Art Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1915-1951." In Great Waves & Mountains: Perspectives and Discoveries in Collecting the Arts of Japan. Natsu Oyobe, and Allysa B. Peyton, eds., 160–197. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2022.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 180–181, fig. 7.16
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“Annual Report of the Year 1958.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 46, no. 6 (June 1959): 111–158.
page number: Reproduced: p. 114
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