id:			126726
accession number:	1949.156
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.156
updated:		2022-07-01 09:00:15.172000

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
current location:		
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
	<i>Japanese Decorative Style</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 30-October 15, 1961).

	title:		Japanese Arts of the Heian Period
	opening date:   1967-10-05T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Arts of the Heian Period</i>. 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
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 9-July 10, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Japanese Arts of the Heian Period: 794-1185</em>. 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).

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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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wall description: 
Alms bowls used by Buddhist monks to receive donations have traditionally been made of iron or wood. This bowl, made of gilt bronze and decorated with incised designs of birds and flowers in roundels as well as butterflies, is instead a luxury item likely meant for a Buddhist altar, where it would have contained offerings for a Buddhist deity.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M. “Important Acquisitions of Japanese Art.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, 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. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> 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. <em>Japanese Decorative Style</em>. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 19
	url:		https://archive.org/details/JapaneseDecorativeStyle/page/n31

	Feddersen, Martin.<em> Japanese Decorative Art, A Handbook for Collectors and Connoisseurs</em>. London: Faber and Faber, 1962.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 76
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	Rosenfield, John M. <em>Japanese Arts of the Heian Period, 794-1185</em>. [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: <em>Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 23
	url:		

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