id:			127950
accession number:	1950.579
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.579
updated:		2024-04-04 11:13:06.514000

Bodhisattva Guanyin of the South Sea, 1600s. China, Fujian Province, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) - Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Porcelain with white glaze, Dehua ware; overall: 45.2 cm (17 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1950.579

title:				Bodhisattva Guanyin of the South Sea
title in original language:	南海觀音
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creation date:			1600s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1699
current location:		240A Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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culture:	China, Fujian Province, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) - Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique:	Porcelain with white glaze, Dehua ware
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Ming Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 45.2 cm (17 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		35th Anniversary Exhibition
	opening date:   1951-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>35th Anniversary Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

	title:		Six Dynasties of Chinese Painting (Chinese art rotation)
	opening date:   2023-11-10T05:00:00
	<i>Six Dynasties of Chinese Painting (Chinese art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2023-May 5, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982).', 'opening_date': '1982-06-30T04:00:00Z'}

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 29, 2003-March 15, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2003-10-29T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. R. Henry [Emery May Holden] Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1950
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1950–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M. "Part II. Annual Report Issue for the Year 1950." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 38, no. 6 (1951): 151-82.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 158
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141726

	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. 868
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n154

	Lee, Sherman E. <em>A History of Far Eastern Art</em>. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced:  p. 420, fig. no. 558
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 267
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n291

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 267
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n291

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 354
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n374

	Lion-Goldschmidt, Daisy. <em>Ming Porcelain</em>. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 251, no. 271
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	Neils, Jenifer. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	no. 132
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	Marquardt, Janet, and Stephen Eskilson. <em>Frames of Reference: Art, History, and the World</em>. McGraw-Hill Humanities Social, 2004.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 2.29, p. 45
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	Sun, Di 孙迪, editor. <em>Zhongguo liu shi hai wai Fo jiao zao xiang zong he tu mu </em>[中国流失海外佛教造像总合图目 = Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Buddhist Statues in Overseas Collections]. Beijing: Wai wen chu ban she, 2005.
	page number: 	Mentioned: vol. 7, p. 1460
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