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accession number: 1952.584
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Plaque with Openwork Interlaced Dragons and Birds, 475–221 BCE. China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE). Jade (nephrite); overall: 4.8 x 7.5 cm (1 7/8 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1952.584
title: Plaque with Openwork Interlaced Dragons and Birds
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creation date: 475–221 BCE
creation date earliest: -475
creation date latest: -221
current location: 241A Arts of Ancient China
creditline: Anonymous Gift
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culture: China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
technique: jade (nephrite)
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Zhou Dynasty
type: Jade
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measurements: Overall: 4.8 x 7.5 cm (1 7/8 x 2 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Archaic Chinese Jades; Special Exhibition. University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (February 1940).', 'opening_date': '1940-02-01T05:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades. Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL (January 20-March 1, 1950).', 'opening_date': '1950-01-20T05:00:00Z'}
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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
University of Pennsylvania. Archaic Chinese Jades; Special Exhibition, February, 1940. Philadelphia: University Museum, 1940.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 161
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An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades: Arranged for Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, January 20 to March 1, 1950. New York: C.T. Loo, Inc, 1950.
page number: Reproduced: pl. LI, no. 2
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Lee, Sherman E. “Chinese Carved Jades.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 41, no. 4 (1954): 67–71.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 67
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141956
Lee, Sherman E. “Chinese Carved Jades.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 41, no. 4 (April 1954): 67–68, 71.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 67–68; Reproduced: p. 67
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141956
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. 804
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n143
Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 49, pl. 47
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 246
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n270
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 246
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n270
Alscher, Ludger, and Günter Feist. Lexikon der Kunst: in fünf Bänden ; Architektur, bildende Kunst, angewandte Kunst, Industrieformgestaltung, Kunsttheorie. 2, 2. Leipzig: Seemann, 1976.
page number: Reproduced: p. 443
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 326
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n346
Kampen-O'Riley, Michael. Art Beyond the West: The Arts of Africa, India and Southeast Asia, China, Japan and Korea, the Pacific, and the Americas. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 110, fig. 4.7
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