id:			130207
accession number:	1952.576
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.576
updated:		2024-04-13 11:22:53.069000

Ogre Mask (Taotie), 475–221 BCE. China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE). Nephrite; overall: 2.1 x 1.4 cm (13/16 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1952.576

title:				Ogre Mask (Taotie)
title in original language:	饕餮
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creation date:			475–221 BCE
creation date earliest:		-475
creation date latest:		-221
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creditline:			Anonymous Gift
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culture:	China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
technique:	nephrite
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Zhou Dynasty
type:		Jade
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measurements: Overall: 2.1 x 1.4 cm (13/16 x 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Archaic Chinese Jades</em>. University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (February 1940).', 'opening_date': '1940-02-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1952–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em> Archaic Chinese Jades; Special Exhibition, February, 1940</em>. Philadelphia: University Museum, 1940.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 269, pl. XIV
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	Lee, Sherman E. “Chinese Carved Jades.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 41, no. 4 (April 1954): 67–71.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 67
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141956

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