id:			130216
accession number:	1952.585
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.585
updated:		2024-04-13 11:22:53.108000

Taotie (Ogre Mask), c. 1200–1050 BCE. China, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE). Marble; overall: 8.6 x 13.5 cm (3 3/8 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1952.585

title:				Taotie (Ogre Mask)
title in original language:	饕餮
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creation date:			c. 1200–1050 BCE
creation date earliest:		-1200
creation date latest:		-1050
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creditline:			Anonymous Gift
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culture:	China, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE)
technique:	marble
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Shang Dynasty
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 8.6 x 13.5 cm (3 3/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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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

	“Chinese Art Recently Acquired by American Museums.” <em>Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America</em> 7 (1953): 84–86.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 84, fig. 7; Reproduced: fig. 7
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20066957

	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; Reproduced: p. 71
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141956

	Consten, Eleanor von Erdberg. <em>Das Alte China</em>. Stuttgart: G. Kilpper, 1958.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pl. 18
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	Zheng, Dekun. <em>Archaeology in China</em>. Cambridge [England]: W. Heffer, 1960.
	page number: 	Reproduced: vol. 2 Shang Dynasty, pl. 11C
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	Tan, Danjiong [T'an Tan-ch'iung] 譚旦冏. <em>Tao tie wen de gou cheng</em> [饕餮紋的構成 =  The formation of teh T'ao-t'ieh motif]. Taibei: Zhongyang yan jiu yuan li shi yu yan yan jiu suo 中央研究院歷史語言研究所, 1960.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Pl. 1A, p. 299
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	Na, Zhiliang 那志良. <em>Yu qi tong shi </em>玉器通釋. Taibei: Na Zhiliang, 1970.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pl. 20A, p. 298
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	<em>Bao Zunpeng xian sheng ji nian lun wen ji </em>[包遵彭先生紀念論文集 = Essays on a symposium in memory of late Pao Tsun-p'êng]. Taibei: Guo li zhong yang tu shu guan 國立中央圖書館, 民國60 [1971].
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 250
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	Wilson, J. Keith. "Lithic Art in the Bronze Age: A Jade Dagger-Axe." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 1 (1990): 2-35.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 27
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160102

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